| A | B |
|---|
| ameliorate | to make better |
| auspicious | favorable, suggesting futurte success |
| calumny | malicious misrepresentation or slander |
| dearth | lack or scarcity |
| effigy | representation of a person, usually in the form of a doll |
| flagitious | extremely wicked or evil |
| impunity | exemption from punishment |
| recalcitrant | disobedient |
| abdicate | to relinquish or give up |
| candor | frankness; honesty |
| clemency | leniency, mercy |
| consort (n) | husband or wife |
| discernible | noticeable or identifiable |
| effrontery | shameless audacity, insolence |
| miscreant | villian, scoundrel |
| recapitulate | to review, go over briefly |
| analogous | corresponding to |
| cant | pretentios, didactic language; slang |
| cliche` | an over-used verbal expressions |
| debauchery | moral corruption |
| etymology | study of word origins |
| incarcerate | to imprison |
| oleaginous | oily |
| specious | deceptive |
| consummate | to complete |
| effusive | gushing, overly emotional |
| flotsam | ship wreckage, objects floating in the sea |
| platitude | a trite remark, a cliche` |
| ubiquity | omnipresence |
| coalesce | to grow together, to be joined |
| flume | a channel through which water flows, typically used to transport logs, etc. |
| incarnadine | flesh-colored, crimson |
| abject | miserable |
| discursive | rambling (applied to speech and writing) |
| eulogy | praise, typically delivered at a funeral ceremony |
| onerous | difficult |
| poingnant | deeply affecting |
| cogent | convincing |
| capricious | whimsical, fickle |
| relegate | to assign |
| avocation | a hobby |
| captious | fault-finding |
| coerce | to compel |
| disdain (v) | to reject, consider unworthy of oneself |
| foray | a plundering raid |
| abnegate | to reject |
| carcinoma | a type of skin cancer |
| disinterested | unprejudiced, detached |
| abomination | something hated |
| contritions | repentence |
| decrepit | in bad condition |
| disjointed | confused |
| lachrymose | tearful |
| landed | having land |
| zenith | peak or highest point |
| anterior | front |
| antediluvian | old |
| incongruous | not suitable |
| undulating | incessant |
| disputation | controversy |
| incorrigible | badly behaved |
