| artless | | lacking due thought or consideration; rash; heedless |
| catalyst | | secret; mysterious; obscure |
| anathema | | to bring up |
| asseverate | | a machine used to separate substances |
| arabesque | | corrosive; |
| boor | | a saying that embodies a common observation |
| bent | | belligerent, pugnacious, warlike |
| abeyance | | coming about seemingly at random not by law |
| confound | | mordant; wit used with deadly effectiveness |
| brusque | | favorable |
| agronomist | | dealing with field-crop production and soil mangmt. |
| arcane | | that which provokes or speeds change or action |
| cadge | | a compulsory levy by certain English kings |
| aver | | believable; relevant |
| broach | | a model of excellence or perfection |
| burgeon | | trickery; deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry |
| caliper | | pretentious or inflated speech or writing |
| caliper | | an instrument for performing calculations |
| celerity | | annul |
| augury | | peasant |
| boor | | soothing |
| apotheosis | | insubordinate, rebellious |
| coagulant | | prudent; careful to consider all circumstances |
| caustic | | a concise statement of an original thought |
| abacus | | to slander, make a false accusation |
| amalgamate | | being pleasant to talk to; gracious |
| brook | | to aver, allege, or assert |
| braid | | one who abandons long-held religious or political beliefs |
| accretion | | to mix |
| anomalous | | accrue |
| assail | | slab forming the uppermost part of a capital of a column |
| cajole | | pacify; ease; quiet |
| convival | | short |
| august | | salacious, lustful, lascivious |
| auspicious | | attack |
| cogent | | vulgar; difficult to work or deal with; boorish |
| cognizance | | thickness esp. of paper, cardboard or tree |
| chimera | | beg; sponge |
| ascribe | | to feel or express sympathy; condole |
| amenable | | a period or outcome that is less significant than expected |
| anticlimax | | a distinguishing mark or emblem (as a heraldic bearing) |
| anodyne | | omen; portent |
| adumbrate | | one having sensitivity to the beautiful esp. in art |
| calipers | | to comingle; debase by mixing with something inferior |
| alloy | | press a frictional material (as a break pad) |
| caluminate | | to analyze (as an ore); trial; attempt; estimate |
| braid | | to tolerate |
| buoyant | | uncultured; crude; natural |
| abjure | | practicing strict self-denial for personal |
| aesthete | | irregular; unusual; paradoxical |
| blithe | | pastoral; relating to typical rural life; idyllic |
| benevolence | | dear; treasured |
| arbitrary | | responsible; obedient |
| caustic | | an illusion |
| benevolence | | to suggest sketchily; to foreshadow vaguely or intimate |
| affable | | coax (esp. thru gentle flattering words) |
| centrifuge | | reject solemnly; to avoid; to recant |
| adage | | to ponder or meditate on intensely; think |
| buoyant | | sprout; bloom; flourish |
| belie | | speed, alacrity. Think "accelerate". |
| adjunct | | jurisdiction; responsibility |
| apostate | | promptness in response; cheerful readiness |
| arbiter | | to declare positively |
| churlish | | a thing added to another thing but not truly a part of it |
| assuage | | morally strict |
| apogee | | one who is despised |
| bellicose | | baffle; frustrate; puzzle; destroy; put to shame; discomfit |
| contumacious | | majestic |
| chary | | to adjust or measure precisely for a particular function |
| cavil | | clever; dexterous |
| circumspect | | austere in appearance, manner, or attitude |
| cognizance | | adventurous; wreckless; bold; rash; original |
| blithe | | disposed to point out trivial faults to confuse in argument |
| austere | | insult, scorn, aspersion |
| captious | | merry; of a happy lighthearted character or disposition |
| alacrity | | able to do good; a generous gift |
| calibrate | | hesitant or vigilant about dangers or risks |
| audacious | | tendency |
| adroit | | cheerful |
| aphoristic | | fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| contumely | | an object that causes clotting, curdling, mass or group |
| asperity | | a judge |
| abacus | | roughness; harshness; acrimony; irritability |
| consternation | | rude or insensitive person |
| cogitate | | an elaborate or intricate pattern |
| bombast | | diligent, hard-working, sedulous |
| bawdy | | instrument for measuring thickness |
| burnish | | knowledge; awareness; notice; acknowledgement |
| bucolic | | to polish; lustrous |
| commiserate | | to find fault without good reason |
| chicanery | | assign; attribute; credit |
| chary | | climax; zenith |
| abridge | | capable of floating |
| assiduous | | a shortened version of |
| cognizance | | slow to grant, accept or expand |
| abrogate | | to give a false impression; contradict; disguise |
| assay | | a state of paralyzing dismay |
| ascetic | | high-ranking naval officers |
| chary | | a period of inactivity; suspension |
| ascetic | | intermingle; mix |
