| A | B |
| animosity | (n.) a strong dislike for; bitter hostility |
| apathy | (n.) lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
| apprehensive | (adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
| commend | (v.)to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of |
| compatible | (adj.) able to get along or work well together; capableof use with some other model or system |
| condolence | (n.) an expression of sympathy |
| consecrate | (v.) to make sacred, hallow, to set apart for a special purpose |
| decrepit | (adj.) old and feeble; worn-out, ruined |
| deride | (adj.) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
| ingenious | (adj.) innocent, simple, frank, sincere |
| multifarious | (adj,) having great variety, numerious, and diverse |
| obsolete | (adj,) out of date, not longer in use |
| omnivorous | (adj.) eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes |
| parsimonious | (adj.) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small |
| quandry | (n.) in a state of perplexity or doubt |
| recalicitrant | (adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
| reprisal | (n.) an injury done in return for an injury |
| revel | (v.) to take great pleasure in (n.) a wild celebration |
| stultify | (v.) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on |
| suave | (adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |