| A | B |
|---|
| accumulate | to heap up in a mass; to collect |
| averse | unwilling, reluctant, or opposed |
| apex | highest point, peak, or vertex; point of completion or climax |
| clamor | an uproar or loud outcry; to make insistent demands or complaints |
| concede | to admit that something is valid or true after first denying it; to acknowledge as certain or proper |
| cumbersome | difficult to carry or manage; unwieldy |
| dexterous | skillful in the use of hands, body, or mind; adept; adroit |
| dire | extremely serious or urgent; dreadful |
| fanatic | someone filled with excessive and often misguided enthusiasm for something; possessed with or motivated by excessive, irrational zeal |
| fluent | able to express oneself easily; flowing freely |
| inquisitive | curious and inquiring, often to the extreme; seeking knowledge |
| kinship | the quality or state of being related (as in a family) |
| luster | radiance, brilliance, shine, beauty |
| notorious | known widely and usually unfavorably |
| repertoire | a list of musical pieces or plays that a person or group is prepared to perform; a person's skills |
| futile | pointless; hopeless; incapable of achieving any positive result or outcome |
| inclination | a person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; disposition; propensity |
| serial | forming a series of successive parts |
| sporadic | occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order |
| sullen | bad-tempered, gloomy, depressed, sulky, resentful, unsociable, and melancholy |
