| A | B |
|---|
| exclusive | private, not admitting others |
| discrimination | the act of showing favoritism or differential treatment; bias |
| cynical | possessing a negative attitude; sneering |
| drone | to talk in a monotonous, boring manner |
| mock | false; imitation |
| malicious | hateful; intended to do harm |
| stricken | suffering from hurt or pain |
| quadrangle | an area, at a school or college, that is surrounded on four sides by buildings |
| demise | death |
| cordial | warm, friendly |
| menace | threat |
| sadist | a person who gets pleasure from hurting others |
| contempt | a feeling of scorn toward someone or something |
| amiable | appearing friendly and pleasant |
| pulverize | to crush or destroy |
| falsetto | unusually high-pitched |
| squeamish | easily nauseated |
| infirmary | a room or building where the sick or injured are cared for |
| tyranny | harshness; cruel or unjust use of power |
| valor | bravery or courage |
| scorched | burned or parched by heat |
| ravine | a deep ditch worn in the earth's surface by a stream |
| dynamo | a machine that generates electricity |
| vapor | any visible moisture or gas, such as mist, fog, smoke, or steam |
| veered | turned away |
| overwrought | overexcited; upset; hysterical |
| precariously | in a risky or dangerous manner |
| tremor | shaking or trembling motion |
| turbulent | violently agitated; stormy |
| plummeting | falling or dropping very quickly |
| impoverished | poor |
| poignantly | in a painful or sensitive manner |
| quest | a search or hunt for something |
| stupor | a state in which one's mind is dulled or senseless |
| retribution | punishment for a wrongdoing |
| stoicism | the act of not showing emotion |
| perverse | improper or wicked |
| bravado | a pretending to have courage when one really has little or none |
| impotent | powerless or ineffective |
| eerie | weird, scary |
| caricature | a picture that exagerrates certain characteristics |
| squalor | filth; dirtiness |
| contrition | a bad or guiltly feeling from having done something wrong |
| pretense | a false calm or show |
| encumbrance | a burden or hindrance |
| ingenious | clever or inventive |
| affluent | wealthy or rich |
| invariable | constant or unchanging |
| inexorable | impossible to influence, change, or persuade |
| bigotry | narrow-minded behavior or opinions; prejudice |
| fawning | affectionate; flattering |
| orthopedics | the branch of medicine dealing with the bones |
| distraught | extremely upset or driven mad |
| encroaching | advancing |
| loom | a machine for weaving thread into cloth |
| sulkily | in a resentful or glum manner |
| smolder | to burn and smoke without flame |
| rheumatism | an inflammation and stiffness of the joints and muscles |
| plunder | to take property by force for one's own purposes |
| askew | to one side |
| wrench | to twist or pull violently |
| alcove | a section of a room that is recessed and set apart |
| pervade | to spread throughout |
| addle | to confuse |
| bog | soggy ground; a swamp |
| yarn | an exaggerated story |
| pensively | in a thoughtful manner |
| infernal | hellish; fiendish |
| fret | to worry |
| trifle | a small amount |
| involuntary | unintentional; accidental |
| rubbish | worthless material; trash |
| reproachfully | accusingly |
| disclaim | to refuse to acknowledge or claim |
| compensation | anything given to make up for something else |
| tempestuous | violent or stormy |
