| A | B |
|---|
| alloy | a substance that is a mixture of metals |
| altercation | a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy |
| blighted | destroyed or caused by decline or decay |
| charismatic | having special qualities or powers that are used for healing or prophecy |
| chary | careful, cautious |
| convoke | to summon or to call together |
| despicable | very bad, contemptible |
| embed | to enclose firmly in some mass |
| embolden | to encourage one to be bold or to have courage |
| florid | flowery, flushed with color |
| hiatus | gap, pause, interruption in time |
| incurious | uninterested, lacking normal curiosity |
| insubordination | disobedience to authority |
| lassitude | feeling of weariness; fatigue |
| montage | any combination of disparate elements that form a unified, single image |
| officious | overly dutiful or obliging, insisting on providing a service not requested |
| premature | occurring or existing earlier than what is normal |
| presumptuous | brazenly overstepping bounds, arrogant |
| relegate | to assign to an inferior position |
| rescind | to cancel |
| saturate | to soak, to completely fill |
| sterile | incapable of reproducing |
| tumultuous | marked by disturbance and uproar; raising a great clatter and commotion |
| unimpeachable | not to be called into question, exempt from liability |
| voracious | having a large appetite, ravenous |
