| A | B |
|---|
| auxiliary | giving assistance or support, a helper, aid |
| candid | frank, sincere, impartial, unposed |
| cubicle | a small room or compartment |
| drudgery | work that is hard and tiresome |
| envoy | a representative or messenger (as of a government) |
| escalate | to elevate, to increase in intensity |
| expedient | a means to end, advantageous, useful |
| feign | to pretend |
| flair | a natural quality, talent, or skill, a distinctive style |
| grievous | causing sorrow or pain, serious |
| heterogeneous | composed of different kinds, diverse |
| horode | a vast number (as of people) a throng |
| impel | to force, drive forward |
| incredulous | disbelieving, skeptical |
| inscribe | to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list |
| monologue | a speech by one actor, a long talk by one person |
| prognosis | a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation |
| rasping | with a harsh, grating sound, a harsh sound |
| repugnant | offensive, disagreeable, distasteful |
| scuttle | to sink a ship by cutting holes in it, to get rid of something in a decisive way, to run hastily, scurry |
