| A | B |
|---|
| badger | v. - to harass persistently; to annoy |
| benevolent | adj. - showing, doing, or resulting in good; kindhearted |
| elapse | v. - to slip by, as in time |
| fitful | adj. - stopping and starting intermittently |
| genre | n. - a category, a type |
| haven | n. - a place of safety; a sanctuary |
| immaterial | adj. - of little or no importance; irrelevant |
| innate | adj. - possessed from birth; inborn; inherent |
| kindle | v. - to set fire to; to catch fire OR to arouse feelings; to stir emotion |
| listless | adj. - lacking energy; unenthusiastic |
| meager | adj. - lacking abundance; inadequate; scanty |
| octogenarian | n. - someone between eighty and eighty-nine years old |
| permeate | v. - to spread or flow through; to penetrate |
| republic | n. - a government in which citizens elect officials to represent them |
| tether (n) | a rope or chain used to restrain |
| tether (v) | to use a rope or chain to restrain |
