| A | B |
|---|
| adjacent | adj - lying near; adjoining |
| candor | n - sincerity; honesty |
| compassion | n - awareness and sympathy for the suffering of another |
| democratic | adj - of or for the people; pertaining to government by the people |
| disperse | v - to scatter; to distribute |
| doleful | adj - causing grief; sad |
| duress | n - a threat of harm forcing someone to act against his or her will |
| irk | v - to annoy; to irritate |
| ratify | v - to approve formally; to sanction |
| sobriety | n - (1)a seriousness in manner; (2)a state of abstinence from drugs or alcohol |
| stagnate | v - to become inactive or motionless |
| subordinate (adj) | of lower importance or rank; subject to the control of another |
| subordinate (n) | one who is under the control of another |
| talon | n - a claw of a bird of prey or similar animal |
| taut | adj - pulled, drawn, or stretched tight |
| wallow | v - to roll about in something unclean |
