| A | B |
|---|
| erratic | Having no fixed or regular course; wandering. |
| idiosyncratic | a characteristic, habit, mannerism |
| regressive | Tending to return or revert |
| catastrophic | extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin |
| devoid | to deplete or strip of some quality or substance |
| disparage | belittle; ridicule, discredit, mock, demean, denounce |
| meddle | intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere |
| scoffed | express derision or scorn |
| temporize | to be indecisive or evasive to gain time; to do something to gain time |
| deflect | to bend or turn aside; swerve |
| dispense | to deal out; distribute |
| vacuity | vacancy; emptiness; blankness |
| dalliance | wasting time instead of working; dawdling |
| infelicity | unhappy; unhappiness; misfortune; bad luck |
| rhetoric | study of the effective use of language; Language that is elaborate, pretentious, insincere, or intellectually vacuous |
| conviction | firm belief |
| pragmatism | character or conduct that emphasizes practicality |
| futility | being futile; ineffectiveness; uselessness |
| Boorish | like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive |
| Fastidious | critical, or demanding; hard to please; excessive care or delicacy |
| Sedulous | diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous |
| Vindictive | showing a revengeful spirit |
| Petulant | irritable, peevish, fretful, pettish, touchy |
| Mercenary | acting merely for money or other reward; a professional soldier |
| Treacly | sentimentality; molasses |
