| Flap 1 | Flap 2 |
| prudent | careful |
| profound | wise, deep |
| felicitous | well chosen |
| reconcile | to reach an agreement |
| dubious | doubtful |
| futile | useless |
| indignant | annoyed |
| vindicate | to prove something right |
| ambiguous | unclear |
| ambivalent | undecided |
| rhetoric | impressive |
| ephemeral | short lived |
| spurious | not genuine |
| mundane | relating to everday life |
| impetuous | rash, impulsive |
| repudiate | to reject completely |
| definitive | settleing a dispute finally |
| debunk | to prove false |
| digress | to wander away from the subject |
| incongruous | not fitting |
| diffident | lacking confidence, shy |
| inconsequential | not worth noticing |
| assert | to claim |
| foster | to promote |
| prosaic | ordinary, matter of fact |
| substantiate | to offer supporting evidence |
| illusory | deceptive |
| nostalgia | fondness for and missing the past |
| polemical | arguing a position |
| belie | to contradict |
| compromised | to make insecure |
| disdain | despise, something beneath oneself |
| presumption | a bold assumption |
| caustic | burning, sarcastic |
| deferential | respectful |
| subjective | open to interpretation |
| capricious | unpredictable |
| endorse | to support |
| auspicious | promising, favorable |
| exacerbate | to worsen |
| obscure | dark, unclear |
| dogmatic | stubbornly opinionated |
| venerate | to honor above others |
| gregarious | friendly, outgoing |
| tenacious | persistent |
| mediate | to help reach an agreement |
| meticulous | careful |
| negligible | unimportant |
| equanimity | calm |
| mitigate | to lesson the severity of something, to alleviate |
| transitory | brief |
| immutable | unchanging |
| evoke | to inspire |
| cursory | hurried or superficial |
| rancor | extremely bad feelings about something |
| intuitive | knowing by instinct rather than by rational thought |
| satirize | to mock |
| devoid | lacking |
| erroneous | wrong |
| thwart | to block or impede |
| implement | to put into practice |
| underscore | to emphasize |
| explicate | to explain or analyze logically |
| exasperate | to annoy someone to the point of frustration |
| pertinent | important |
| conspicuous | obvious |
| pervasive | appearing or being everywhere |
| prophetic | foretelling events |
| cynical | looking at the bad side of things, pesimistic |
| tenuous | thin |
| innate | inherited |
| explicit | clearly stated |
| patronize | to treat rudely |
| exacting | demanding |
| contentious | to fight |
| conscientious | careful |
| deter | to prevent |
| champion | to support |
| pedantic | overly academic, being a stickler for academic correctness |
| wary | cautious |
| adept | skillful |
| anachronistic | out of date |
| heresy | a statement |
| detached | unemotional |
| complement | to fit well with |
| intrepid | brave |
| proponent | a supporter |
| reprehensible | deserving great blame |
| extol | to praise highly |
