| A | B |
|---|
| austere | stern; plain; undecorated; unadorned |
| aloof | unemotional, cool (in terms of emotion); distant |
| cerebral | smart; brainy; related to intelligence |
| chattel | slave; movable property; cattle |
| lament | grieve; mourn; show sadness over loss |
| belittle | put down; ridicule |
| bulwark | protective wall; defense |
| encroach | to invade; to intrude upon |
| connoisseur | an expert in taste |
| incongruous | inappropriate; not fitting in |
| procrastinate | to put off; to delay |
| impede | to stop; to hinder; to interfere with the progress of |
| roster | list of names |
| trenchant | sharp; incisive; sarcastic |
| forbear | abstain from; refrain; hold back |
| atlas | a book of maps |
| titanic | huge; monstrous; powerful |
| tantalizing | tormenting; teasing cruelly |
| sisyphean | impossible to complete; difficult to do |
| evade | to avoid; to escape from; to flee from |
| efface | to rub away; to wear away; to erase |
| asunder | apart; separate |
| incite | to start (an action); to arouse to action |
| delectable | delicious |
