| A | B |
|---|
| levity | lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate |
| supercilious | showing haughty disdain |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably minute or small |
| complacency | a feeling of self-satisfaction |
| extemporize | to improvise |
| pastoral | of or relating to the country |
| proprietary | exclusively owned |
| homogeneity | the quality of being similar or comparable |
| impetuous | implusive and passionate |
| vacuous | empty; devoid of substance |
| corpulent | excessively fat |
| caterwaul | to cry or screech like a cat in heat |
| subterfuge | an evasive plan or tactic |
| punctilious | precise; scrupulous |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| vestige | a visible sign of something that once existed |
| nebulous | vague |
| meretricious | attracting attention in a vulgar manner |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed; indescribable |
| reverie | a daydream |
| turgid | excessively complex in style or language |
| euphemism | the substitution of a mild or vague term for one considered harsh or blunt |
| dilatory | tending to delay |
| inviolate | not corrupted |
| magnanimous | noble in mind and heart; unselfish |
| portentous | of ominous significance |
| truculent | disposed to fight |
| adventitious | not inherent but added; not an integral part |
| pasquinade | a satire or lampoon |
| commensurate | proportionate; corresponding in size or degree |
