| A | B |
|---|
| anxiety | unpleasant state of worry or concern |
| vulnerable | open to attack or criticism; can be vulnerable emotionally as well as physically |
| deter | discourage |
| jeopardize | to place in harms way; to endanger |
| catalyst | to get something going; in chemistry a catalyst is a substance that speeds up a reaction |
| advocate | a person who is in favor of something and speaks up for it |
| foil | to frustrate someone by preventing them from succeeding in their plans |
| incremental | a gradual increase in size or amount |
| facilitate | to make easy or possible |
| zeal | an eager interest in something |
| curtail | to limit or cut short |
| condemn | the legal meaning-to prove a person guilty; another meaning-disapprove strongly; and yet another meaning-to declare unfit to live in (as in a building) |
| cite | quote or mention; also to select someone as worthy of a special honor |
| status quo | the state of things at the present moment |
| confine | to keep within certain limits; a boundary |
