| A | B |
|---|
| amnesty | pardon, absolution; act granting forgiveness |
| burgeon | grow or develop rapidly; expand |
| capitulate | yield, surrender; cease resisting |
| contemplate | ponder, consider; look at with attention |
| daunt | intimidate, dismay, lessen the courage of |
| deadpan | expressionless, blank; showing no emotional involvement |
| drench | soak, saturate; wet thoroughly |
| forebear | forefather; ancestor |
| harvest | reaping; gathering a crop |
| incentive | motive; something that encourages determination |
| intrigue | fascinate, excite; arouse the curiosity of |
| noisome | offensive to the senses, especially the sense of smell; maloderous; disgusting |
| ostentatious | showy, pretentious |
| pilfer | steal; purloin; obtain by petty theft |
| revel | frolic; take part in a wild celebration |
| undermine | cripple, disable; weaken or cause to collapse |
| unseemly | unbecoming, inappropriate; not in keeping with standards of good taste |
| uproarious | noisy, rackety; accompanied by an uproar |
| voluble | fluent, talkative; continuous flow of words |
| voluminous | lenghty, enough to fill many volumes |
