| A | B |
|---|
| appropriated | to take or make use without authority or right |
| arduous | long and difficult and thus hard to accomplish |
| audacious | very bold |
| blanch | to drain of color, become pale |
| bombastic | pretentious, inflated speech or writing, lacking in humility |
| brandish | to shake or wave in a menacing manner |
| brusque | rough and abrupt in manner or speech, curt |
| burgeon | to grow rapidly |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| capacious | spacious, roomy |
| circuitous | following a circular or winding path, indirect |
| circumscribe | to draw a line around, hence to restrict or limit |
| compendium | a concise list or summary |
| consensus | a general agreement, common consent |
| corroborate | to support with evidence, confirm a claim |
| decorum | conformity to accepted norms of behavior |
| defile | to make unclear or impure, desecrate |
| demonstrative | an open display of feelings |
| demystify | to make clear and thus less baffling |
| desolate | lonely, uninhabited |
| desultory | marked by a lack of a plan or purpose, lacking direction |
| dilatory | tending to delay or procrastinate |
| disabuse | to rid of false ideas, enlighten, free from error |
| disdain | to look on with scorn |
| disingenuous | giving a false appearance of simple frankness, hence calculating and crafty |
| disparage | to run down, belittle, speak poorly of |
