| A | B |
|---|
| abject | miserable, wretched |
| acquiescence | passive acceptance |
| amities | friendships |
| amorphous | having no specific form |
| annotated | to write critical explanatory notes in a literary work |
| astute | shrewd, crafty |
| austere | strict |
| aversions | dislikes |
| avidity | extreme eagerness |
| buttressed | supported |
| capacious | capable of holding a large quantity |
| catholicity | liberality |
| conflagration | a fire |
| coquetry | the act of flirting |
| diaphanous | transparent or translucent |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| disparity | an apparent difference |
| doggedly | persistently or stubbornly |
| ebullition | the process of bubbling or boiling |
| eminently | prominently or being noteworthy |
| enigmas | speeches or writings that are difficult to understand |
| feint | a false action |
| florid | gaudy, showy |
| gaunt | grim and desolate |
| impediment | an obstacle |
| inordinate | excessive |
| insensate | without regard or feeling |
| insidiously | characterized by evil in a subtle manner |
| insurgent | rebellious |
| inveterately | habitually |
| ken | knowledge |
| lamentation | a loud cry or wail |
| mien | bearing or manner |
| multifarious | variety |
| obsequiously | excessive submission |
| odious | hateful |
| pall | a cover that darkens an area |
| parley | a conference to settle a dispute with an enemy |
| pecuniary | having to do with money |
| pedantically | being particular about trivial points |
| peevishly | showing ill humor or impatience |
| pungent | sharp sensation to the smell or taste |
| ruminated | meditated or reflected |
| sedulously | diligently |
| slatternly | careless and untidy habits and appearance |
| transience | the quality of being temporary |
| traversed | crossed over |
| troglodytic | resembling a primitive cave man |
| turpitude | depravity |
| unobtrusive | not noticeable |
