| A | B |
|---|
| Apt | Suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn |
| Awry | in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course |
| Bludgeon | A short club used as a weapon; to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point |
| Capitulate | to end resistance, give up, surrender |
| Chafe | to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk, to strain or press against; a sore or injury caused by rubbing |
| defile | to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; to march in a single line or in columns; a narrow passage |
| dire | dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster |
| disarming | charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion |
| disgruntled | in bad humor, discontented, annoyed |
| encroach | to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass |
| endow | to furnish, uquip, provide funds or some other desirable thing or quality |
| fend | to ward off, resist; to get along, manage |
| impunity | freedom from punishment |
| mien | air, manner; appearance; expression |
| penal | having to do with punishment |
| pertinent | related to the matter at hand, to the point |
| predominant | the greatest in strength or power; most common |
| prodigy | something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent |
| recluse | a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn form the world |
| renown | fame, glory |
