| A | B |
|---|
| coalesce | to mix or join together |
| efface | erase; obliterate |
| succinet | brief; to the point |
| raconteur | gifted talker or storyteller |
| euphemism | the nice way of putting things |
| hackneyed | banal; overused, commonplace |
| lampoon | riducle |
| platitude | tired or trite old saying |
| despot | ruler with total control |
| sycophant | brown-noser/ flatterer |
| heretic | differs from accepted belief or theory |
| germane | relevant; appropriate |
| frotuitous | accidental; happening by chance |
| profuse | sufficiency; in great abundance |
| unobrtusive | not noticeable; inconspicious |
| fastidiuos | fussy; particular |
| deprecate | to disaprove mildly, with regret |
| garner | to gather or collect |
| mitigate | to ease; make less severe |
| peruse | to study or examine |
| placate | calm; appease |
| temerity | unwise boldness; rash behavior |
| volition | use of you own will; by your choice |
| torpor | sluggish; lethargy |
| reticence | quietness and restraint in personality |
| respite | time of relief from activity |
| sage | wise b/c of experience |
| resilient | elastic; flexible |
| atrophy | to wither, degenerate |
| burgeon | to flourish; to grow and quickly expand |
| affluent | wealth in a material sense |
| indigent | lacking necessary material |
| desecrate | to defile or profane something sacred |
| consecrate | to make sacred of holy or worthy of respect |
| resolute | steady; faithful |
| erresolute | uncertainty |
| refutable | shaky in foundation |
| irrefutable | impossible to be proved false |
| irascible | easily angered |
| taciturn | naturally silent |
| tawdry | cheap-looking; gaudy |
| servile | annoyingly submissive |
| surreptitious | secretive |
| malign | to slander |
| whet | stimulate |
| venerate | to revere |
| ephemeral | short-lived; fleeting |
| dearth | lack |
| evanscent | fading or vanishing |
| paucity | lack or scarcity |
| gratuitous | offered freely |
| apocryphal | doubtful authorship |
| quixotic | unpredictable |
| verbose | using more words than necessary |
| virtiolic | burning or corrosive |
| rhetoric | insincere/high-flown writing or speech |
| capitulate | to give in; surrender |
| ambivalence | fluctuate b/w one thing and another |
| innocuous | harmless |
| repudiate | disown |
| relegate | to put away |
| rescind | cancel annul |
| emanate | to seep forth |
| extricate | to free from entanglement |
| disparity | difference in type |
| catharsis | cleansing or purging that releases emotions |
| effervescent | bubbling with high spirits |
| ameliorate | to improve |
| assuage | to ease |
| auspicious | highly favorable |
| inauspicious | unfavorable |
| officious | self important |
| wanton | cruel; neglected |
| parochial | limiting, narrow |
| chimera | fanciful; imaginary |
| ubiquitous | widespread |
| vindictive | spiteful; revengeful |
| voracious | ravenous; hungry for something |
| incongruous | unsuited; out of place |
| capricous | not steady |
| delutory | inrandom; haphazard |
| coerce | toforce or compel |
| prosaic | dull |
| reprehensible | blameworthy; admonishable |
| salutary | promoting good health |
| prolific | very productive |
| recalcitrant | very tough to control |
| diffident | hesitan; lacking confidence |
| altruism | unselfish giving |
| austere | reserved |
| provincial | of provences or countries |
| conciliartory | reconciling, appeasing |
| depravity | a state of corruption |
| guile | trickery or deceit |
| clandestine | secret |
| furtive | on the sly |
| decadence | decline and decay |
