| A | B |
|---|
| uniform | consistent; unchanging; the same for everyone |
| incoherent | jumbled; chaotic; impossible to understand |
| repress | to hold down |
| articulate | speaking clearly and well |
| solicit | to ask for; to seek |
| reproach | to scold |
| condescend | to stoop to someone's else's, usually in an offensive way; to patronize |
| orthodox | conventional; adhering to established principles or doctrines, especially in religion; by the book |
| indolence | laziness |
| congenial | agreeably suitable; pleasant |
| preclude | to prevent; to make impossible; to shut out |
| apprehensive | worried, anxious |
| elaborate | detailed; careful; thorough |
| arrogant | feeling superior to others; snooty |
| elusive | hard to pin down; easive |
| efface | to erase; to rub away the features of |
| taciturn | untalkative by nature |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| acquiesce | to give in; to agree |
| atrophy | to waste away from lack of use |
| dubious | doubtful; uncertain |
| flagrant | shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; notorious or scandalous |
