| A | B |
|---|
| abash | to lower in rank, to humiliate |
| candid | lacking any dishonesty |
| drub | to beat with a stick |
| enumerate | to name or count off, one by one |
| grapple | to seize firmly with the hands |
| hiatus | a gap or interruption in space or time |
| jackal | one who does menial work |
| license | permission to do something |
| precarious | depending on chance |
| reside | to live in a place |
| stagnate | not to move |
| unprecedented | without previous example |
| vacillate | to sway from side to side |
| blithe | filled with gaiety, carefree |
| devastate | to lay waste completely |
| emaciate | to become thin because of starvation |
| gait | a particular way of moving on foot |
| hackneyed | overused, like a cliche |
| laconic | using few words |
| proliferate | to reproduce rapidly and repeatedly |
