| A | B |
|---|
| fortitude | patient courage |
| dour | silent. ill tempered; gloomy |
| augment | make bigger |
| warily | cautiously, carefully |
| stolid | not easily aroused or excited; dull |
| bereft | feeling desolate or alone, especially by death |
| insidious | harming by slow and secret meas |
| reiterate | To say or do again and again |
| ambidextrous | having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease |
| pliable | Easily influenced, persuaded, or swayed |
| gibe | To utter taunts or reproaches |
| guise | The external appearance as produced by garb or costume |
| verbatim | Word for word |
| tentative | uncertain, hesitant |
| intimation | A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice |
| unkempt | Not properly maintained; disorderly or untidy |
| adulterate | To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients |
| opulent | wealthy |
| gape | To stare wonderingly or stupidly, often with the mouth open |
| deploy | To distribute persons or forces systematically or strategically |
