| A | B |
|---|
| acute | (adj.) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time |
| bluster | (v.) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; (n.) speech that is loud and threatening |
| bungle | (v.) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness |
| commentary | (n.) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of an opinion |
| duration | (n.) the length of time that something continues or lasts |
| eerie | (adj.) causing fear because of strangeness; weird |
| facet | (n.) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem |
| fidelity | (n.) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details |
| fray | (n.) a brawl, noisy quarrel; (v.) to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate |
| headstrong | (adj.) willful, stubborn |
| inhabitant | (n.) a person or animal living permanently in a given place |
| numb | (adj.) having lost power of feeling or movement; (v.) to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling |
| pacify | (v.) to make peaceful or calm; to soothe |
| ravenous | (adj.) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction |
| refute | (v.) to prove incorrect |
| remorse | (n.) deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds |
| setback | (n.) something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall |
| smug | (adj.) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous |
| synopsis | (n.) a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary |
| tarry | (v.) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while |
