| A | B |
|---|
| abash | shame |
| aberration | defect |
| abstruse | hard to understand; deep |
| acerbic | bitter |
| advantageous | beneficial |
| adversity | misfortune |
| affluence | wealth |
| allege | claim to be true; assert |
| alloy | misture |
| amenable | willing to do; agreeable about |
| amplify | magnify |
| analgesic | painkiller |
| annul | cancel; invalidate |
| antagonism | hostility; hatred |
| arbiter | a judge |
| arid | dry |
| asbestos | a fireproof material |
| assail | to attack |
| assiduous | hard working diligent |
| audible | capable of being heard |
| authoritative | all powerful |
| avaricious | greedy |
| avow | state to be true; claim |
| belabor | overdo to a point; say to excess |
| benevolent | charitable |
| blandishment | flattery |
| bolster | to support |
| brusque | abrupt |
| buttress | support; brace; bolster |
| calligrapher | penman |
| cantankerous | quarrelsome; gouchy |
| caricature | parody; a humorous likeness of |
| catalyze | to speed up; change the rate of |
| censor | to find fault in; to assess as bad |
| circuitous | indirect |
| circumvent | surroound; go around |
| clandestine | secret; hidden |
| coalesce | come together |
| cohesive | united |
| collective | made by a group |
| commensurate | proportionate to |
| concede | admit to be true; go along with |
| conciliatory | leading to peace; pacific |
| condone | forgive |
| conflagration | a big destructive fire |
| consensus | agreement |
| conspicuous | out in th eopen, obvious |
| constituent | a component of; people in a politician's district |
| contemptuous | hateful scornful |
| contingent | possible |
| convivial | sociable; friendly |
| cordial | friendly |
| crass | vulgar; tasteless |
| cursory | hasy; hurried |
| debunk | expose the falseness of |
| deceptive | false |
| decorous | showing good taste; seemly |
| definitive | final; onclusive |
| delude | mislead |
| denounce | put down; criticize |
| deride | ridicule; tease |
| dessicant | moisture absorver |
| despondent | downcast; sad |
| deter | discourage from doing something |
| detract | take away from; criticize |
| differentiate | distinguish from |
| dilatory | delaying |
| diminutive | small |
| discretion | good judgment |
| disparity | diffference between |
| disputant | one who argues; arguiing |
| dissertation | formal lecture or paper |
| divergent | different from |
| doctrinaire | stubbornle adhering to theory |
| dogmatic | opinionated; sticking to a point |
| ebb | recede; lessen in force |
| eclectic | from many different sources |
| efficacious | capable |
| effusive | overly emotional bubbling |
| elliptical | egg-shaped |
| elucidate | to make clearer |
| emollient | softening agent |
| empirical | relying on experiment or date |
| enamored | in love iwth |
| entice | lure |
| episode | installment |
| equitable | fair; just |
| esteemed | highly regarded |
| evanescent | temporary |
| exasperate | strongly irritate |
| exonerate | clear of charges |
| expansive | widespread |
| exploit | take advantage of; or a great deed |
| expunge | erase from existence |
| extol | praise |
| fabricate | make up; invent; lie |
| facile | simple |
| feasible | possible to do |
| felon | criminal |
| flagrant | out in the open; conspicuous |
| flippant | not serious; thoughtless |
| fodder | feed for livestock |
| forestall | prevent from happening; delay |
| formulaic | patterned |
| fractious | argumentative; irritable |
| fraternize | mingle with |
| fundamentalism | orthodox religious beliefs |
| futile | useless |
| garrulous | talkative |
| glower | scowl; glare |
| grandiose | large; grand |
| gregarious | friendly; sociable |
| harbinger | omen of things to come |
| hierarchial | arranged by rank or authority |
| iconoclast | one attacking established beliefs |
| idiosyncrasy | peculiarity to an individual |
| immobilize | prevent from moving |
| impede | hinder; stop from happening |
| impetuous | impulsive |
| implausible | not likely |
| imposing | awe-inspiring |
| impute | blame; attribute to another |
| inclement | stormy; severe |
| incontrovertible | unquestionable |
| incremental | increasing by degrees |
| indoctrination | teaching training to do |
| induction | figuring out by reference |
| inept | incompetent |
| ingrate | an unthankful person |
| insidious | sly; evil |
| insinuation | implication; hint at |
| insolent | conceited; haughty; rude |
| insurgency | rebellion |
| intelligible | clear; able to be understood |
| intransigent | stubborn; uncompromising |
| inundation | flooding |
| invidious | hateful |
| irrefutable | unable to be argued against |
| jocularity | humor |
| jurisprudence | science/philosophy of law |
| latent | hiddon |
| legible | capable of being read |
| limerick | short, humorous poem |
| lucid | clear rational |
| magnitude | size |
| mandate | command |
| memorandum | note reminder |
| mercenary | a person hired for pay |
| meritorious | deserving praise |
| militancy | warlike agression |
| misanthrope | hater of mankind |
| misnomer | error in naming |
| mollify | soothe |
| moribund | dying |
| municipality | a self-governed district |
| nebulous | unclear; cloudy in thought |
| notable | distinguished |
| nuance | a hint; a subtle variation |
| obscure | unclear; remote |
| opaque | non-transparent |
| orthodoxy | conformity |
| outmoded | outdated; old |
| paradoxical | illogical; contradictory |
| parity | equality; similarity |
| parsimonious | cheap; stingy; miserly |
| pathology | study;results of a disease |
| paucity | scarcity |
| penitent | regretful |
| peremptory | commanding decisive |
| pernicious | harmful; wicked |
| perspicacity | intelligence |
| pervasive | spreading |
| plausible | reasonable |
| ponderous | heavy |
| pragmatic | practical |
| precipitous | steep |
| premise | basis of an argument |
| presumptous | arrogant |
| pristine | new; pure |
| prodigious | enormous |
| profligate | wasteful |
| prognosis | prediction |
| progressive | new; advancing in outlook |
| propitiate | pacify |
| prospector | miner |
| protracted | lengthy |
| prudent | cautious; wise |
| punctiliousness | precisioon |
| rampant | widespread; raging |
| rebuttal | answer an argument |
| reclusive | seeking seclusion |
| recoup | restore |
| rebundant | repetitive |
| refute | deny; dispute; prove incorrect |
| reiterate | restate |
| reprieve | pardon |
| repugnant | disgusting; repulsive |
| resolute | determined |
| resurgence | renewal of energy |
| reticent | quiet secretive |
| revere | respect worship |
| romanticize | think idealistically |
| sacrosanct | sacred |
| salutary | helpful |
| salve | ointment; soothing remedy |
| sanguine | oprimistic |
| scintillating | sparkling; witty; fascinating |
| sedentary | stationary; inactive |
| serene | calm; peaceful |
| solace | comfort |
| soluble | capable of being dissolved |
| specious | insincere; deceptive; false |
| spurious | false; deceptive |
| squander | waste |
| stanza | section of verse |
| stimulus | incentive; excitement |
| streamline | simplify |
| stupendous | overwhelming |
| suave | smooth; cool; sophisticated |
| subvert | overthrow; upset |
| sultry | hot and humid |
| supersede | replace; cancel out |
| symbiosis | union of two dissimilar organisms |
| tactile | physical; tangible; touchable |
| tedious | wearisome; dull |
| temperate | moderate; fair weather |
| tentative | cautious |
| terse | brief; to the poiint |
| timorous | timid; shy |
| tout | praise |
| tranquility | peacefulness; calm |
| transitory | short-lived |
| traverse | travel; cross |
| trite | commonplace; ordinary |
| turbulent | violent |
| unfettered | free; unrestrained |
| unsullied | pure |
| utilize | use |
| vacuous | empty |
| versatility | adaptability |
| vicarious | taking pleasure in the deeds of others |
| vindicate | justify; excuse; clear of blame |
| virulence | hostility; spite |
| voluminous | large; vast |
