| A | B |
|---|
| anteroom | smaller room that serves as an entry into a larger room |
| bauble | a worthless but attractive adornment |
| bureaucracy | government through administrative organizations |
| condolence | acknowledgment of another's pain or grief |
| conflagration | an extensive fire |
| denude | to remove covering |
| dissuade | to convince a person to abandon an action or belief |
| exacerbate | to make worse |
| ghastly | having a horrible appearance |
| impetus | a factor that causes action |
| jaundice | yellow discoloration of the skin caused by a medical condition |
| lenient | tending to give a lesser punishment or penalty |
| myth | a fictional story told as true in a particular culture |
| navigate | to control the course and direction of a vessel or vehicle |
| omnivorous | eating food from both animals and plants |
| pandemic | widespread and pervasive |
| perspective | a particular mental outlook or point of view |
| premonition | an impression that an event will happen in the future |
| ravine | a deep and long depression in the earth |
| reticent | unwilling to speak |
| shiftless | lacking willingness or energy to accomplish anything |
| tacit | not stated outright but understood |
| trepidation | a feeling of anxiety or uncertainty |
| veneer | a superficial outer layer |
| zealot | a person who is fanatical or holds extreme views |
