| A | B |
|---|
| syllogism | going from the general to the particular |
| chicanery | trickery or deception |
| foray | a raid for spoils |
| sycophant | a flatterer of important people |
| uncouth | uncultured, crude |
| levee | a landing on the edge of a river or field |
| malinger | to fake illness to escape duty |
| tortuous | not straightforward, deceitful |
| foist | to falsely identify as real |
| acrid | sharp or biting taste or smell |
| enervate | to weaken, deprive of strength |
| surreptitious | done secretly |
| encomiun | a formal expression of high praise |
| recondite | hard to understand, concealed |
| tawdry | tastelessly ornamented |
| ostracize | to exclude |
| unobtrusive | out of the way, in the background |
| innuendo | an indirect remark, usually derogatory |
| shoddy | of inferior quality |
| baleful | harmful |
| savant | a scholar, who is learned |
| striated | having lines or grooves |
| inert | not reacting chemically, inactive |
| contravened | to act contrary to |
| scurrilous | using vulgarity |
| bode | to fortell something |
| allude | to refer indirectly to something |
| despotism | tyranny, absolute power |
| imminent | likely to happen soon |
| glib | smooth and slippery |
| eons | an indefinitely long period of time |
| static | to remian still with no movement |
| cajole | to coax |
| loquacious | very talkative |
| hamper | to interfere with |
| spendthrift | someone who spends money extravagantly |
| roseate | rose-colored |
| garner | to gather up, store |
| risible | amusing |
| splenetic | irritable and spiteful |
| pittance | a small amount |
| eloquence | to ability to speak well |
| ribald | characterized by vulgar joking |
| precuniary | pertaining to money |
| besmirch | to dirty or discolor |
| erroneous | untrue, inaccurate |
| beseech | to ask ernestly |
| recumbent | resting |
| proselytize | to try to convert a person from one belief to another |
| cant | the jargon of a particular group |
| homily | solemn moral talk, sermon |
| gnarled | full of knots, twisted |
| remonstrate | to protest against |
| puerile | childlike, silly |
| debauchery | indulgence in one's appetite |
| ferment | excite or agitate |
| veracious | truthful |
| suffuse | to agitate |
| raze | to scrape or shave off |
| pristine | primitive, pure |
| polemic | controversial |
| hypothetical | assumed, uncertain |
| protocol | the original draft of a document |
| epigram | a witty or satirical poem or statement |
| progeny | line of descent |
| phlegmatic | sluggish or dull |
| placid | undisturbed and calm |
| malefactor | someone who commits a crime |
| endue | to provide |
| prefatory | introductory |
| adulation | praise in excess |
| precocious | developed earlier than usual |
| bombast | pretentious words, pompous speech |
