| A | B |
|---|
| avocation | work or hobby done in addition to regular work |
| excruciating | intensely, to the point of being painful |
| subliminally | below the level of awareness |
| compassion | ability to sympathize with and try to ease another's distress |
| mortified | extremely embarassed |
| philanthropy | generosity toward others that attempts to improve their way of life |
| nocturnal | active at night |
| prevaricates | tells a lie |
| floundering | struggling without success |
| ingrate | ungrateful person |
| delicacies | delicious, fancy foods; gourmet foods |
| fixated | obsessively focused on something |
| muttered | said in a soft. mumbling voice |
| graft | money earned illegally, especially by overlooking someone's wrongdoing |
| hovel | small, miserable house |
| bellowed | shouted in a loud voice |
| incongruous | mismatched; inconsistent |
| disheartened | depressed; without hope |
| subconscious | mental activity just below consciousness |
| antagonistic | opposing desagreeable |
| dismember | cut up into peices |
| cumpulsive | uncontrolable |
