| A | B |
|---|
| alliance | (n.)a joining together for some common purpose |
| bewilder | (v.) to puzzle completely, confuse |
| buffoon | (n.) a clown; a coarse, stupid person |
| controversial | (adj.)arousing argument,dispute, or disagreement |
| dishearten | (v.)to discourage |
| fruitless | (adj.)not producing the desired results, unsuccessful |
| hostile | (adj.)unfriendly;unfavorable; warlike; aggressive |
| inflammable | (adj.)easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused |
| inflict | (v.)to give or cause something unpleasant; impose |
| malignant | (adj.)deadly; extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious |
| mortify | (v.)to hurt someone's feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering |
| orthodox | (adj.)in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things |
| procure | (v.)to obtain through special effort; to bring about |
| scurry | (v.)to run quickly, scamper, hurry |
| sodden | (adj.)soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritles, listless |
| spirited | (adj.)full of life and vigor; courageous |
| virtual | (adj.)having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing |
| void | (adj)completely empty; having no legal force or effect; (n.)empty or unfilled space; (v.) tp cancel or nullify |
| wayward | (adj)disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious |
| wince | (v.)to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear; (n.) the act of drawing back in this way |
