| A | B |
| acute | with a sharp point |
| bluster | to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| commentary | a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion |
| duration | the length of time that something continues |
| eerie | causing fear because of strangeness, weird |
| facet | one aspect or side of a subject or problem |
| fidelity | the state of being faithful |
| fray | a brawl, noisy quarrel |
| headstrong | willful, stubborn |
| inhabitant | a person or animal living permanently in a given place |
| numb | having lost power of feeling or movement |
| pacify | to make peaceful or calm; to soothe |
| ravenous | greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction |
| refute | to prove incorrect |
| remorse | deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds |
| setback | something that interferes with progress; a disappointment |
| smug | overly self-satisfied |
| synopsis | a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc. |
| tarry | to delay leaving; to linger |