| A | B |
|---|
| baffle | to confuse |
| callous | unfeeling, tough, emotionally hardened |
| clandestine | kept ot done in secret |
| convolutes | intricate, complicated |
| deft | quicha nd skillful |
| dilettante | a lover of fien arts |
| dissidnet | one who disagrees |
| esoteric | meant for or undertood by a certain group; mysterious |
| evoke | to summon or call fourth; to call to mind |
| fiasco | a complete faliure; debacle |
| grimace | a contortion of the face expressing pain, contempt, or disgust |
| indifferent | having no feelin for or against |
| inherent | exestifn as an essential characteristic |
| liason | one who maintains a connection or link |
| naive | simple; lacking sophisticaiton |
| obsolete | no longer in use; outdated |
| paradigm | an example serving as a pattern or model; conceptual framework |
| philanthropy | the effort of inclination to increase human well-being; charity |
| precipitous | extremely steep |
| protocol | a code of correct conduct; forms of ceremony or etiquette |
| revert | to return to aformer condition |
| scintillate | to sparkle or shine; to be animated and brilliant |
| sullen | gloomy; showing silent resentment |
| usurp | to take over without right |
| winsome | charmign in a childlike way |
