| A | B |
|---|
| efficacy | effectiveness; dynamism |
| effigy | stuffed doll |
| effrontery | impudent boldness; audacity |
| encomium | warm praise |
| enumerate | list; count |
| eschew | to shun; to avoid |
| esoteric | known or understood by few |
| eulogy | speech in praise of someone |
| euphony | pleasant, harmonius sound |
| exculpate | to prove innocent |
| exponent | supporter; advocate |
| fatuous | stupid; foolishly self-satisfied |
| fawn | to grovel; pander |
| flag (v.) | to decline in vigor, strength, or interest |
| florid | excessively decorated; Baroque; ostentatious |
| fortuitous | happening by chance; fortunate |
| fractious | unruly; rebellious |
| furtive | secret, stealthy |
| gambol | to dance/skip around playfully |
| garner | to gather or store |
| glib | superficial; fluent in an insincere manner |
| glower | to glare; stare angrily; scowl |
| grievous | serious and distressing |
| guile | deceit; chicanery; duplicity |
| hapless | unfortunate; unlucky |
| hoary | very old; antediluvian |
| iconoclast | nonconformist; rebel |
| ignoble | having low moral standards; vulgar |
| imbue | to infuse; dye; pervade |
| impasse | stalemate |
| impecunious | poor |
| imperturbable | composed; stoical |
| impervious | impregnable; resistant |
| impetuous | impulsive; reckless |
| impious | not devout in religion |
| implacable | unable to be calmed down |
| imprecation | a curse |
| impugn | to call into question; dispute |
| incarnadine | blood-red in color |
| inchoate | not fully formed |
| inculcate | to teach; impress in the mind |
| indolent | habitually lazy; idle |
| inexorable | inflexible; unyielding |
| ingenuous | naive; showing innocence/simplicity |
| ingrate | ungrateful person |
| ingratiate | to curry favor; flatter |
| inimical | hostile; dissident |
| iniquity | sin, evil act |
| innocuous | harmless |
| inquest | investigation; probe |
| insipid | lacking interest; banal; bland |
| interregnum | interval between reigns |
| intractable | not easily managed or manipulated; stubborn |
| intransigent | uncompromising; implacable |
| intrepid | fearless; brave |
| inundate | to overwhelm |
| inure | to harden; accustom; condition |
| invective | abusive language |
| investiture | ceremony conferring authority |
| invidious | envious; obnoxious; offensive |
