| A | B |
|---|
| ostentatious | showing off |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| reprove | to scold; to find fault with |
| pessimism | glominess; a belief that the bad guys always win |
| cursory | hasty; not thorough |
| profligate | extremely wasteful |
| miser | someone who hoards money |
| jocular | joking |
| fracas | uproar; brawl |
| caricature | a satiric portrait or representation |
| corroborate | to confirm |
| precarious | dangerously unstable |
| expository | explanatory |
| bolster | to support; to prop up |
| daunt | to discourage |
| apathy | lack of emotion or interest |
| ambiguous | having more than one meaning; vague |
| fervent | passionate |
| vagrant | a wandering homeless person; a tramp |
| undermine | to weaken |
| oblivious | unaware |
| indifferent | lacking a preference; neutral |
| obscure | unclear; clouded; hard to understand |
| objective | without bias |
| revere | to worship; to honor |
| discriminate | to differentiate; to make a clear distinction |
| embellish | to exaggerate |
| denounce | to speak out against; to condemn |
| innovate | to be creative; to introduce something new |
| stagnant | not moving |
| candid | honest; frank |
| impartial | unbiased; neutral |
| discern | to distinguish one thing from another |
| vulnerable | capable of being harmed |
| hypocritical | insincere |
| eccentric | odd; unusual; quirky |
| disdain | contempt; intense dislike |
| valid | founded on fact or evidence |
| subtle | not obvious; hard to spot |
| abstract | theoretical; lacking substance |
