| A | B |
| loquacious | adj. full of excessive talk |
| morose | adj. having a sullen or gloomy disposition |
| supersonic | adj. very fast, 1 -5 times the speed of sound |
| furrow | n the track of a plow, or deep wrinkles |
| giddy | adj. very happy, silly |
| patriarch | n. man who is father or founder |
| barren | adj. non reproducing, not productive |
| limbo | n. place or state of neglect or confinement |
| reverie | n. day dream, lost in thought |
| retroactive | adj. extending in scope to a prior time (as in a payraise that would be retroactive to several months ago) |
| projective | adj. throwing or thrusting forward |
| insolent | adj. insultingly contemptuous in speech or behavior |
| cur | n. dog. inferior fellow |
| bellowing | v. shouting in a deep voice |
| ravishing | v. to take by force, rape adj. unusually attractive |
| fetter | n. chain or shackle |
| heinous | adj. wicked, hateful |
| immutable | adj. not able to change |
| sinecure | n. a job without responsibility |
| surreptitious | adj. sneakkky, stealthy |