| A | B |
|---|
| aberrant | departing from an accpeted standard |
| anachronistic | placed out of its proper time |
| augment | make or become greater |
| circumlocution | evasion in speaking or writing |
| consecrate | make or declare something sacred |
| discursive | digressing from subject to subject |
| encumbrance | burden or impediment |
| impecunious | having little or no money |
| inept | not suitable to the circumstance or occasion |
| intransigent | refusing to moderate an especially extreme position |
| manifest | clearly apparent to the sight or understanding |
| non sequitur | statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it |
| peripatetic | moving from place to place |
| precept | general rule intended to control behavior or thought |
| propinquity | nearness in place or time |
| remiss | lax or careless in matters requiring attention |
| sentient | able to feel or perceive things |
| supplicate | ask for humbly or earnestly |
| verbiage | speech or writing that uses too many words |
| vilify | speak or write about in an abusively dispraging manner |
