| A | B |
| excel | do better than; |
| feminine | of women or girls |
| mount | to get up on |
| dread | look forward towith fear; fear greatly; |
| masculine | of men, males |
| flabby | lacking firmness or force; |
| menace | threat |
| tendency | leaning; movement in a certain direction |
| underestimate | set too low a value |
| victorious | having wom victory; conquering |
| evidence | whatever makes clearthe truth or falsehood |
| solitary | alone; single; |
| vision | power fo seeing |
| glimpse | a quick short view |
| decade | ten years |
| absurd | foolish; plainly not true or sensible |
| hesitate | fail to act quickly; |
| conflict | direct opposition; disagreement |
| minority | smaller number or part; less than half |
| fiction | what is imagined or made up |