| A | B |
|---|
| anomaly | (n) irregularity |
| antagonism | (n) hostility |
| antagonistic | (adj) hostile, aggressive |
| antediluvian | (adj) outdated, prehistoric |
| anthropocentrism | (n) putting man at the center of philosophy |
| cerebral | (adj) intelligent |
| certitude | (n) certainty |
| charlatan | (n) trickster who pretends he has knowledge he doesn't have |
| chary | (adj) wary of, cautious about |
| chicanery | (n) trickery |
| chimerical | (adj) changeable, unstable |
| choleric | (adj) easily angered |
| didactic | (adj) intended to teach; instructive |
| diffident | (adj) shy |
| digress | (v) wander off subject |
| dilatory | (adv) slow, falling behind in work |
| dirge | (n) mournful song |
| extrapolate | (v) to predict based on data |
| extrinsic | (adj) on the outside; irrelevant |
| fastidious | (adj) overly particular; finicky |
| fatuous | (adj) silly, foolish |
| fecund | (adj) fertile |
| incongruous | (adj) out of place |
| indelible | (adj) permanent; cannot be wiped away |
| indigenous | (adj) native to a specific area |
| indolence | (n) laziness |
| malady | (n) illness |
| malediction | (n) a curse |
| malinger | (v) to avoid work |
| malleable | (adj) flexible, can be shaped |
| palpable | (adj) easily felt |
| paradigm | (n) model; example, way of looking at things |
| paradox | (n) statement which appears to be untrue but is true |
| paragon | (n) a perfect example |
| parasite | (n) scrounger, one who takes food from another |
| pariah | (n) an outcast from society |
| parity | (n) equality |
| prevaricate | (v) to lie; to distort the truth |
| proclivity | (n) tendency toward |
| prodigal | (adj) wasteful, extravagant |
| prodigious | (adj) very large |
| scuttle | (v) to sink |
| sentinel | (n) guard, sentry |
| sequester | (v) isolate |
| serendipity | (n) fortunate experience, unsought discovery |
| serrated | (adj) saw like, jagged |
| unscathed | (adj) unharmed |
| unwitting | (adj) not deliberate |
| urbane | (adj) sophisticated, suave |
| usurp | (v) take someone's position usually by force |
