| A | B |
|---|
| ameliorate | to make or become better |
| conserve | keep from waste, loss or decay |
| detriment | injury, damage or something that causes it |
| exotic | foreign, or strikingly unusual or strange |
| folly | foolish, lack of good sense |
| formerly | previously, in an earlier period |
| harmony | peaceable or friendly relations |
| ignoramous | ignorant; stupid person; dunce |
| impede | interfere with or slow down the progress |
| impediment | something that hinders or obstructs |
| indolent | extremely lazy |
| intact | not damaged |
| invalid | not binding in law; having no legal force or sickly disabled person |
| noncarcinogenic | not causing cancer |
| parsimonious | stingy or miserly |
| raze | to destroy by tearing down |
| reticent | silent or secretive |
| retire | withdraw from active duty or work; or go to bed |
| retort | to reply sharply or angrily |
| subvert | to overturn or overthrow; or to undermine |
| tractable | easily led |
| adulation | high praise |
| vapid | dull; tasteless |
| precocious | unusally advanced or talented at an early age |
| braggadocio | boastful person |
