| A | B |
|---|
| profound | deep; insightful |
| enhance | to improve; to augment |
| phenomenon | an observable fact or occurrence |
| enduring | lasting |
| advocate | to speak in favor of; to support |
| solitude | the state of being alone |
| tentative | temporary; not final |
| contemporary | living at the same time; modern |
| provocative | exciting; attracting attention |
| adversary | an opponent; enemy |
| grave (gravity) | seriousness |
| banal | common; dull; ordinary |
| depravity | moral corruption |
| temper | to moderate; to soften |
| censure | to blame; to criticize |
| extol | to praise |
| indulgent | pampering onself; satisfying one's own desire |
| erratic | irregular; without direction |
| insipid | bland; boring; tasteless |
| euphony | pleasant sound |
| antagonism | opposition; hostility; resistance |
| arbitrary | subject to individual judgment |
| austere | severe; without frills |
| expedite | to make faster or easier |
| heresy | an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs |
| compromise | to settle by concession or surrender |
| condescend | to talk down to |
| fallacious | false; untrue |
| intangible | abstract; not capable of being touched or felt |
| arrogant | acting superior to others; snooty |
| compatible | able to co-exist; harmonious |
| dubious | doubtful |
| solicit | to ask for; to seek |
| elusive | tough to catch; hard to pin down |
| facilitate | to make easier; to help |
| static | stationary; not moving |
| ironic | satiric; unexpected |
| irrational | unreasonable; unpredictable |
| dogmatic | stubbornly opinionated |
| flagrant | shocking; outstandingly bad |
