| A | B |
|---|
| advance | move forward; payment for future services; friendly gestures |
| brash | hasty; rude |
| daunt | frighten |
| ramshackle | shaky |
| aviary | building for birds |
| curios | unusual objects |
| untimely | poorly timed |
| pensive | thoughtful |
| depress | press down; to feel unhappy |
| essay | to attempt; a short piece of prose writing |
| snob | person who looks down on others |
| languish | to grow weak; to suffer |
| babble | to make splashing noises; baby talk |
| enlighten | to show the truth to |
| envelop | to wrap |
| barb | sharp, backward-facing point |
| nondescript | ordinary-looking |
| demolish | to tear down [a building] |
| deviate | to turn away from the correct course |
| defrost | to reverse the freezing process |
