| A | B |
|---|
| acrimonious | caustic |
| ameliorate | to make better |
| amenable | open or willing to follow advice; tractable |
| amorphous | shapeless; having no definite form |
| antiquated | out of fashion, obsolete |
| arable | fit for plowing; tillable |
| ascendancy | domination; growing power |
| atrophy | to waste away; to wither |
| buoyant | capable of loating; cheerful |
| cajole | to persuade with deliberate flattery |
| calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune |
| clandestine | secret |
| conciliate | to reconcile |
| cursory | superficial, casual, hastily done |
| debase | to reduce in dignity or quality |
| derision | scofing at, mockery, ridicule |
| efface | to erase, to wear away |
| elucidate | to make clear, to explain |
| ephemeral | lasting a short period of time, fleeting |
| enmity | absolute hatred |
| extricate | to free, to disentangle |
| forbearance | patience, lenience |
| frivolous | lacking in seriousness or importance |
| ferocity | savagery |
| flourish | to thrive, to grow well |
| garrulous | talkative |
| haughty | arrogant |
| impervious | incapable of being entered or penetrated |
| inane | lacking significance |
| indolence | laziness |
| infallible | incapable of error |
| inscrutable | mysterious; difficult to understand |
| impetuous | violent, hasty, rash |
| industrious | skillfully busied or occupied |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind |
| insolence | insulting or contemptuous behaviour |
| languid | slow, sluggish |
| levity | excessive frivolity, flippancy |
| malice | desire to harm others |
| oblique | slanting, indirect, evasive, devious |
| oblivion | state of being forgotten |
| opulence | wealth, affluence |
| penitent | repentant |
| perfunctory | acting routinely with little interest or care |
| paradoxical | something that appears false, but is actually correct |
| perjury | false testimony under oath |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| sycophant | a self-serving flatterer |
| vacillating | changing, fluctuating |
| vivid | bright, distinct, clear |
