| A | B |
|---|
| cautionary | adj. offering or serving as a warning |
| constrain | v. to confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity |
| constraint | n. a restriction of a limitation |
| flotilla | N. a float of boats or small ships |
| gossamer (n) | n. 1) a thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze; 2) a fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb |
| gossamer (adj) | as light and delicate as a cobweb |
| ignominious | adj. marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace |
| incur | v. to bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as a debt |
| liquidate | v. 1) to settle the affairs of a business; to convert into cash; 2) to get rid of; to kill or destroy |
| magnate | n. an important, often wealthy, person prominent in a large industry or business |
| misnomer | n. a name that does not fit |
| onerous | adj. burdensome; oppressive |
| pandemonium | n. a state or place of great confusion or uproar |
| quixotic | adj. romantic and idealistic, but not practical |
| tenacious | adj. holding fast to something valued or habitual |
| vestige | n. a trace of something that once was present |
| zephyr | n. a gentle, light breeze |
