| A | B |
| adversity | misfortune; hardship |
| cardinal | most important; chief |
| credible | believable; reliable |
| empathize | to show or feel understanding of another's feelings or problems |
| faculty | any of the natural pwers of the mind and body, such as sight or hearing; an inborn ability; a knack; all the teachers of a school |
| harrowing | very distressing or acutely painful |
| impair | to damge, weaken, or lessen |
| infer | to reach a conclusion through reasoning |
| intuition | knowing or sensing something without the use of reason; an insight |
| manifest | plain to see; evident |
| nuance | a very slight change in feeling or meaning; a graduation |
| pernicious | very destructive or harmful |
| solace | comfort or relief in sorrow or distress; consolation |
| treatise | a methodically and thoroughly written discussion of a topic |
| vogue | the popular fashion of the time, wide acceptance or favor |