| A | B |
|---|
| arid | very dry |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| cubic | having the form of a cube |
| deceitful | misleading, deceptive |
| economic | of or relating to production, distribution & consumption of goods and services |
| fragment | part broken off, detached or incomplete |
| generate | to bring into existence |
| gypsy | member of traditionally traveling people coming from India |
| lien | legal claim on the property of another for a debt |
| moderate | avoiding extremes |
| murmuring | muttered complaint |
| opiate | derivative of opium |
| plait | braid of hair or straw |
| republic | a government having a chief of state |
| scheme | to form a plot |
| strait | narrow channel connecting two bodies of water |
| supposition | something tat is supposed, hypothesis |
| tolerant | sympathy or indulgence for beliefs differing from own |
| trigger | moveable lever that activates a device when it is squeezed |
| waive | to give up claim to |
