| A | B |
|---|
| acute | (ADJ) with a sharp point; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time |
| bluster | (V) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts |
| bluster | (N) speech that is loud and threatening |
| bungle | (V) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness |
| commentary | (N) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion |
| duration | (N) the length of time that something continues or lasts |
| eerie | (ADJ) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious |
| facet | (N) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem |
| fidelity | (N) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness |
| fray | (N) a brawl, a noisy quarrel |
| fray | (V) to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate |
| headstrong | (ADJ) willful, stubborn |
| inhabitant | (N) one living permanently in a given place |
| numb | (ADJ) having lost the power of feeling or movement |
| numb | (V) to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling |
| pacify | (V) to make peaceful |
| ravenous | (ADJ) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction |
| refute | (V) to prove incorrect |
| remorse | (N) deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience |
| setback | (N) something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall |
| smug | (ADJ) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous |
| synopsis | (N) a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary |
| tarry | (V) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while |
