| A | B |
|---|
| alter | to change |
| recipient | one who receives |
| blunt | honest to the point of rudeness |
| chronic | constant; lasting a long time |
| chronological | arranged as events happened; in the time order |
| optimist | a hopeful person; someone who expects a good outcome |
| pretense | false reason; false show or claim |
| prolong | to make something last longer |
| refrain | to stop oneself; to hold oneself back from doing something |
| remorse | strong feeling of regret and guilt |
| acute | very great; severe; sharp |
| anonymous | having an unknown author |
| apprehensive | fearful; uneasy; anxious |
| arrogant | showing too much self-importance; overly proud and vain |
| bestow | to award; to give, as an honor or a gift |
| donor | one who gives or contributes |
| phobia | an extreme fear; continuing, abnormally extreme fear of a particular situation |
| prominent | obvious; very noticeable |
| prudent | careful and wise; cautious |
| ample | plenty of; more than enough |
| absurd | ridiculous; opposed to common sense |
| adhere | to stick |
| affluent | wealthy; rich |
| alienate | to push away; to cause to become unfriendly |
| assess | to judge; to decide on the quality or value of |
| compile | to create by gathering information; to gather together in an organized form, such as a list |
| contempt | disrespect; a feeling that aperson or thing is inferior and undesirable |
| defect | a fault; imperfection |
| doctrine | a teaching; the strict teachings of a religious, political, or other group |
| dogmatic | one-sided; opinionated; stating an opinion as if it were fact |
