| A | B |
|---|
| profound | showing great knowledge, thought - very deep, strong, intense |
| contentious | always ready to argue; quarrelsome |
| feckless | ineffective; irresponsible; incompetent |
| conjecture | guess from very little evidence |
| chapfallen | dejected; downhearted |
| broach | to introduce or mention a topic for discussion |
| abominate | to hate intesnsely |
| enamored | in love |
| forte | a thing one does especially well; talent |
| enigma | anyone or anything that is hard to understand or explain; puzzle |
| audacious | brazen; impudent; extremely bold |
| brusque | blunt; abrupt in manner |
| charlaten | quack; imposter; fraud |
| emanate | emit; send forth; flow out |
| gregarious | sociable; found of company |
| illicit | unlicensed; unlawful |
| morbid | gruesome; grisly; unwholesomely gloomy |
| noxious | harmful to the body, mind or behavior; morally corrupting; distasteful |
| concur | agree, coincide, work together |
| inpeccable | gaultless; irreproachable; not liable to sin |
| doldrums | state of inactivity or stagnation; low spirits; a dull listless, depressed mood |
| exhort | urge, advise; admonish |
| fabulous | incredible; almost unbelievable; marvelous, superb |
| fathom | understand fully - six-foot unit of measure |
| galvanize | startle into sudden activity; to coat wiht zinc |
| hyperbole | intentional or bovious exaggeration |
| lucid | clear; bright; shining; easily understood |
| otiose | indolent; ineffective; leisured |
| pliant | unresisting; compliant; obedient |
| pulverize | demolish; crush; reduce to dust; pound or grind |
| ample | adequate or more than adequate in size |
| comely | pretty; fain; pleasing in appearance |
| quell | suppress; vanquish; subdue; extinguish |
| sinister | portending evil; threatening; malevolent; unfacorable |
| adament | unyielding; harsh; stubborn |
| inane | pointless; silly; foolish |
| unique | unequalled; matchless; single; strange |
| verbose | wordy; talkative |
| clarify | to make clear |
| pensive | reflective; meditative; dreamily or wistfully thoughtful |
| ominous | threatening; protending evil or harm |
| wholesome | healthy; beneficial |
| pandemonium | scen of wild disorder |
| benevolent | kindly |
| pecuniary | financial; relating to money |
| corroborate | confirm; make more certain |
| revel | take great pleasure in |
| assail | attack violently with blows or words |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome; contentious; argumentative; excessively inclined to fight |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body; obese |
| altruism | felfless concern for others |
| procure | to obtain |
| lugubrious | mournful; dismal; gloomy |
| repungnance | aversion; objection; strong dislike |
| oblivious | forgetting or not noticing; not mindful |
| feign | simulate; pretend |
| impetuous | given to rash or hasty action |
| malignant | harmful dangerous; malevolent |
| pessimistic | ggloomy; hopeless; anticipation only the worst |
| incinerate | burn, reduce to ashes |
| procrastinate | delaying; putting off until another time |
| grandiose | very grand in size; beauty; magnification |
| animosity | ill will; hostility |
| chide | scold; rebuke; find fault |
| tarry | to delay; linger; be tardy |
| impertinent | rude |
| apathetic | having or showing little or no feeling or emotion |
| querulous | complaining; peevish |
| exemplar | model; typical example |
| optimistic | cheerful; hopeful; anticipation only positive outcomes |
| cohort | companion; associate |
| heinous | hateful; abominable; totally reprehensible |
