| A | B |
|---|
| shrew | a mouselike animal that eats insects; a bad-tempered, nagging woman |
| lucrative | profitable; producing money or wealth |
| garrulous | talking too much, especially about unimportant things |
| abridge | to shorten the number of words; to condense |
| verbose | wordy; using or containing more words than necessary |
| invoke | to call upon a higher power for assistance; to ask or appeal for; to call forth |
| finality | the quality or condition of being complete or settled; conclusiveness |
| impromptu | without previous thought or preparation; spontaneous |
| supercilious | showing scorn and haughtiness; disdainful; aloof or conceited |
| emendation | a correction; a change in a written text |
