| A | B |
| adversity | n: misfortune; hardship |
| cardinal | adj: most important; chief |
| credible | adj: believable; reliable |
| empathize | v: to show or feel understanding of another's feelings or problems |
| faculty | n: any of the natural powers of the mind or body, such as sight or hearing; an inborn ability; a knack; all the teachers in a school |
| harrowing | adj: very distressing or acutely painful |
| impair | v: to damage, weaken, or lessen |
| infer | v: to reach a conclusion through reasoning |
| intuition | n: knowing or sensing something without the use of reason; an insight |
| manifest | adj: plain to see; evident |
| nuance | n: a very slight change in feeling or meaning; a gradation |
| pernicious | adj: very destructive or harmful |
| solace | n: comfort or relief in sorrow or distress; consolation |
| treatise | n: a methodically and thoroughly written discussion of a topic. |
| vogue | n: the popular fashion of the time, wide acceptance or favor |