| A | B |
| retract | to draw back or in; to withdraw; to take back; to recant |
| surpass | to excel; to go beyond the limit of |
| agility | an ability to move quickly and easily; keeness and liveliness; quickness |
| susceptible | easily influenced or affected; unresistant; sensitive and impressionable |
| veneer | a thin layer of valuable wood put over other wood; an outwardly attractive apperance that hides what is underneath |
| dwindle | to become less and less; to decrease; to shrink |
| wary | on guard against danger or deception; cautious; suspicious |
| exasperate | to irritate or annoy greatly |
| nonchalant | apparently unconcerned or unintereste; casually indifferent |
| elapse | to slip away or to pass (as with time) |
| collateral | anything that guarantess the fulfillment of a voan or obligation adj. related to the main subject; secondary parallel in rank, time, and so on |
| emerge | to come into view; to become visible; to become known |
| comply | to act in accordane with a request, acustom, or rule |
| expend | to use up; to spend |
| condolence | sympathy for someone's grief or sorrow; an expression of sympathy |
| assess | to determine the rate of charge or the amount to be paid; to set a value on for tazation; to evaluate |
| contaminate | to pollute; to make impure; to spoil |
| immunity | the state of being free from;protection; especially from a disease or prosecution |
| maintenance | support or upkeep of something; means of support or livelihood |
| depreciate | to lessen in value or in price, to belittle; to lessen the importance of |