| A | B |
|---|
| debilitating | to sap the energy from; enervate |
| paranoia | thought process heavily influenced by anxiety or fear |
| bloodlust | desire for extreme violence and carnage |
| quintessential | classic, ideal, typical, ultimate |
| reverberate | echo; have continuing effect |
| sublime | beautiful, complete, excellent |
| lucrative | profitable, moneymaking |
| myriad | vast amount |
| beneficiary | person who receives money or other benefits from another |
| emulating | copying; trying to equal someone or something |
| decelerates | to slow down |
| repercussions | result of an action |
| laud | praise |
| deteriorating | become or make worse |
| vertigo | dizzy sensation; feel the world turn |
| advocate | stand up for; recommend or support something |
| cognitive | concerned with the acquisition of knowledge |
| ebullient | lively and enthusiastic |
| metacognition | "thinking about thinking"; reflecting on one's thinking process |
| annotate | add notes to something |
| acrid | sharp and unpleasant |
| pinnacle | peak; highest point |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| anticlimactic | less exciting than what happened before |
| axiomatic | self-evident; obvious |
| bravado | false courage; pretended bravery |
| allude | hint at |
| acquiesce | give in without a fight |
| aesthetic | related to beauty |
| advent | arrival of something; beginning |
