| A | B |
|---|
| ebullient | enthusiastic |
| bumptious | conceited; arrogant |
| misapprehension | to misunderstand |
| vouchsafe | to grant; to allow or permit |
| presentiment | a feeling that something bad is going to happen |
| evasive | not straight forward; tricky |
| recalcitrant | disobediant; hard to manage |
| aberration | deviation; abnormal |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand; deception |
| superflous | excessive or unneccessary |
| turbid | mudy; unclear |
| relegate | to banish or to asign to an inferior person |
| paltry | worthless; trivial |
| nihilism | the general rejection of established laws |
| interdict | to prohibit |
| harbinger | a forerunner; herald |
| quip | a witty or sarcastic remark; jest |
| rarefy | to make or become less dense |
| platonic | of Plato or his philosophy |
| trite | worn out by constant use; stale |
| warble | to sing melodiously, with trills, quaves, etc. as a bird |
| solon | Athenian statesman and lawgiver |
| paragon | a model of perfection or excellence |
| lave | to wash or bath |
| marquee | a roof-like projection over an entrance, as to a theater |
| impugn | to oppose or challenge as false |
| ersatz | substitute or synthetic and inferior |
| fop | dandy |
| opprobrious | disgraceful; shameful |
| rife | widespread |
| wend | to go on (one's way) |
| acerbic | sharpness of temper, words, etc. |
| brandish | to wave menacingly, or as a challenge |
| chafe | to rub as to make warm |
| heedless | close attention |
| fatuous | complacently stupid; foolish |
| gauche | lacking social grace; awkward; tactless |
| privation | lack of ordinary necessities or comforts |
| preen | to dress up or adorn |
| risible | causing laughter; funny |
| nodule | a small knot or rounded lump |
| enervate | to deprive of strenght, force, vigor, etc. |
| tacit | unspoken; silent |
| uxurious | dotingly fond of or submissive to one's wife |
| protean | readily taking on many forms |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy manner; slink |
| iota | a very small quantity; jot |
| frowzy | dirty and untidy; slovenly |
| epiphany | a Christian holiday |
| inscrutable | not easily understood |
| purport | to profess or claim as its meaning |
| moot | debatable |
| nefarious | very wicked; villainous |
| engender | to bring into existance; give rise to; originate |
| despoil | to sack; plunder |
| cipher | a design combinding or intertwining letters or initials |
| petrology | the study of rocks |
| libel | any written matter tending to injure |
| esoteric | meant for or understood by only a chosen few |
| conjecture | to guess |
| laconic | terse in expression; concise |
| knave | an unprincipled, crafy fellow |
| hubris | overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance |
| impecunious | lacking money; penniless |
| dilatory | tending to postpone or delay |
| throng | any great number of things considered together |
| ubiquitous | present everywhere at the same time |
| lassitude | weariness; languor |
| impervious | incapable of being penetrated, as by moisture |
| onerous | burdensome; oppressive |
| grovel | to lie or crawl in a prostrate position, esp. abjectly |
| glutton | one who eats to excess |
| amalgamate | to unite; mix; combine |
| vivify | to give life to |
| prude | one who is overly modest or proper in behavior, dress, etc.l |
| loll | to lean or lounge about lazily |
| masticate | to chew up |
| invective | a violent verbal attack; vituperation |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for effort, not meant to be taken literally |
| gingerly | very carefully |
| imbroglio | an involved and confusing situation |
| malevolent | wishing evil or harm to others; malicious |
| wrought | formed; made |
| furtive | done or acting in a stealthy manner; sneaky |
| eon | an extremely long, indefinite period of time |
| carapace | an upper shell, as of the turtle |
| alluring | fascinating; charming |
| jingoism | chauvinistic advocacy of an aggressive, war like foreign policy |
| strident | harsh-sounding; shrill; grating |
| passe | out-of-date; old fashioned |
| supersede | to replace or suceed |
| necromancy | divination by alleged communication with the dead |
| inherent | existing in someone of something as a natural and inseperable quality |
| grotesque | distorted or fantastic in appearance, shape, etc. |
| despise | to scorn or to loathe |
| unmindful | not having in mind; not aware or careful |
| albeit | although |
| diadem | a crown |
| parlous | dangerous |
| melee | a confused fight or hand-to-hand struggle |
