| A | B |
|---|
| adverse | negative, unfavorable, hostile, working against |
| arid | extremely dry, dull and uninteresting |
| assailant | a person who attacks violently |
| billow | to rise or swell like a large wave |
| confront | to meet face-to-face, especially as when challenging another person |
| constrain | to force, compel, restrain, hold back |
| contemporary | belongs to same time period, a person of the same time (i.e. decade or generation) |
| depict | to represent, show in the form of a picture, to portray |
| disinterested | indifferent, free of selfish motives, fair-minded |
| encompass | to enclose, encircle, reach around, to include within group of something |
| groundless | without good reason or cause, unjustified |
| hypocrite | a person pretending to be something that he/she is not; pretending to better than one really is |
| incomprehensible | impossible to understand |
| manipulate | to handle or use skillyfully; to manage a person (or situation) in a selfish way for own personal gains |
| maximum | greatest possible amount or degree |
| mimic | a person who does imitations, parodies, making fun of |
| ruffle | 1) to wrinkle, annoy, flip through, make uneven; 2) a rippled strip of material used for trimming edges; 3) a low drumbeat |
| serene | peaceful, calm, emotionally easy, clear and free of storms, grand and majestic |
| sheepish | shy, like a meek sheep, timid, embarrassed |
| stamina | endurance, strength needed to overcome physical or mental strain |
