| A | B |
| accord | to give, grant, or award; to be in harmony or in agreement; agreement |
| discomfit | to make confused and embarrassed |
| doleful | very sad; sorrowful; mournful |
| rivulet | a little stream; brook |
| acquiesce | to agree or consent without arguing; to give in quietly |
| disconsolate | so sad or unhappy that nothing will comfort you |
| dolorous | very sorrowful or sad; mournful; doleful |
| rudiments | the things to be learned first; basic principles; the first, slight beginnings of something, such as a plan |
| acute | having a sharp point; very keen and sensitive; very strong and deep; severe and serious, but only for a short time |
| discordant | not agreeing or going well togethr; not in harmony; clashing |
| rapturous | extremely joyful or full of deep love |
| colleague | fellow worker |
| collaborate | to work together in preparing something; to support the enemy during wartime |
| malinger | to pretend to be sick in order to get out of work |
| allege | to state firmly but without proof |