| A | B |
|---|
| trance | detachment from one’s physical surroundings, as in contemplation or daydreaming: reverie |
| chastise | to criticize |
| ajar | partially opened |
| patronizing | to treat in an offensively condescending manner |
| humiliate | to lower the pride or dignity of: abase |
| back pedal | to move backward or withdraw |
| accusation | a formal charge brought before a count against a person, stating that he or she is guilty of a punishable offense |
| prevent | to keep from happening: avert |
| camaraderie | good will and lighthearted rapport between or among friends |
| aspired | to have fervent hope or ambition |
| divulged | to reveal or make known a secret: disclose |
| initiation | a ceremony, ritual, test, or period of instruction with which an organization admits a new member to office or knowledge |
| tacit | expressed nonverbally: not spoken |
| nauseous | a stomach disturbance marked by a feeling of the need to vomit |
| seizure | a sudden, often acute paroxysm, as an epileptic convulsion or heart attack |
| loyalty | feelings of devoted attachment and affection |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code or standard of values: probity |
| hazing | to initiate, as into a college fraternity, by playing rough practical jokes on or exacting demeaning performances from |
| reprieve | to give temporary relief to |
| legacy | something handed down from an ancestor or from the past |
