| A | B |
|---|
| Ammeter | device for measuring electricity in amperes |
| Adolescence | period between being a child and an adult |
| Aorta | Main artery taking blood from the heart |
| Audible | which can be heard |
| Biodegradable | which decomposes naturally to form harmless material |
| Query | Question; to doubt whether it is true or not |
| Vitriolic | very violent and rude (attack) |
| Myopic | short sighted |
| Napped | sleep for a short time |
| Obsequious | too humble; showing too much respect for |
| Iconoclast | person who attacks beliefs which are held by many people |
| Placate | to calm ; to make less angry |
| Reticent | uncommunicative |
| Eclectic | taking ideas from several different sources |
| Queasy | feeling sick |
| Indigent | very poor |
| Sanguine | confident , optimistic |
| Auspicious | Favorable , lucky |
| Expunge | to wipe out / to cross out |
| Specious | not really true as it seems |
| Rancor | bitterness / dislike |
| Catholic | wide/ general (taste) |
| Cupidity | greed |
| Orthodox | who observe traditional practices very strictly |
| Indolent | lazy |
| Procrastinate | to delay something off until later |
| Sycophantic | which flatters excessively |
