| A | B |
|---|
| cajole | coax; wheedle |
| condone | overlook; forgive |
| abstract | theoretical; not concrete |
| ameliorate | improve |
| atrophy | wasting away |
| somber | gloomy depressing |
| discerning | mentally quick and observant; haveing insight |
| distend | expand; swell out |
| hypothetical | based on assumtion or hypothesis |
| incongruous | not fitting; absurb |
| gregarious | sociable; like being with others |
| extricate | free; get out of |
| eulogy | praise; something given at a funeral |
| emaciated | thin and wasted |
| meticulous | excessively careful |
| irreverance | lack of proper respect |
| inherant | firmly established by nature or habit |
| piety | religious devotion; godliness |
| opaque | dark; not transparent |
| refute | disprove |
| profound | deep;not superficial |
| savory | tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable |
| stupify | make numb; stun; amaze |
| unkempt | an uncarded-for appearance |
| censure | blame, criticize |
| corroborate | confirm, verify the truth |
| adversary | opponent |
| antithesis | direct opposite of or to; contrast |
| banal | commonplace; repeating worn-out phrases |
| deprecate | express disapproval of; proest against |
| duplicity | deliberate deception in manner or speech |
| indict | to charge with a crime |
| fastidious | difficult to please; squeamish |
| enervate | to weaken |
| morose | sullenly gloomy; ill-humored |
| laud | to praise or to glorify |
| pragmatic | practlical; concerned with practical values |
| pacifist | ope opposed to force' agailnst military |
| reprehensible | deserving blame |
| slough | to cast off |
| venerate | to honor greatly; to revere |
| compliance | conformity in fulfilling reqirements |
| articulate | distinct; effective |
| bequeath | to leave to someone by a will; hand down |
| disperse | to scatter |
| incessant | uninterrupted; without stopping |
| infamous | notoriously bad |
| heresy | opinion contrary to popular beliefe or established religious beliefes |
| expedient | appropriate to the purpose at hand |
| ephemeral | short-lived; fleeting |
