| A | B |
|---|
| Apathy | lack of interst in or desire for activity; indifference |
| Avarice | too great a desire for money or property; greed for wealth |
| Avert | keep (a disaster, misfortune, etc) from happening; prevent; avoid |
| Compensation | something given as an equivalent; pay |
| Credulity | a too great readiness to believe |
| Dubious | filled with or being in doubt; doubtful; uncertain |
| Furtive | done quickly and with stealth to avoid being noticed; secret |
| Proffer | offer for acceptance; present; tender |
| Prosaic | like prose; matter-of-fact; ordinary; not exciting |
| Talisman | stone, ring, etc. engraved with figures or characters suppossed to have magic power; charm |
| Desolate | laid waste; devastated; barren |
| Emaciated | make unnaturally thin; cause to lose flesh or waste away |
| Flit | fly lightly and quickly; flutter |
| Gesticulate | make use of gestures to show ideas or feelings |
| Hemorrhage | discharge of blood |
| Itenerary | route of travel |
| Minaret | a slender, high tower of a Moslem mosque with one or more projecting balconies, from which a muezzin calls the people to prayer |
| Tacit | implied or understood without being openly expressed; implicit |
| Tendril | a threadlike part of a climbing plant that attaches itself to something and helps support the plant |
| Tendril | unspoken; quiet |
| Wraith | ghost of a person seen before or soon after his death |
| Boisterous | noisily cheerful; exuberant |
| Boisterous | rough and stormy; turbulent |
| Bungalow | a small house with low sweeping lines |
| Engress | a going out |
| Enhance | make greater in quality, value, or importance; add to; heighten |
| Ingress | a going in or entering |
| Loiter | linger idly or aimlessly on one's way |
| Mute | not making any sound; silent |
| Vestibule | passage or hall between the outer door and the inside of a building |
| Contradict | say that (a statement, rumor, etc) is not true; deny |
| Debonair | pleasent, courteous, and gay |
| Meager | lacking fullness or richness; poor or scantly; sparse |
| Nasal | of, in, or from the nose |
| Saunter | walk along slowly and happily; stroll |
| Surly | bad-tempered and unfriendly; rude; gruff |
| Waver | move to and fro; flutter |
| Discriminating | make or see a difference; make a distinction |
| Incongruous | out of keeping; not appropriate; out of place |
| Jut | stick out; stand out; project |
| Predicament | an unpleasant; difficult; or dangerous situation |
| Savor | a taste or smell; flavor |
| Scrutinize | examine closely; inspect carefully |
| Vagrant | an idle wanderer; tramp |
