| A | B |
|---|
| virile (adj) | masculine; having qualities of an adult male |
| mural (noun) | a work of art/painting applied to and made part of a wall |
| placate (verb) | to sooth or calm; appease; pacify |
| placid (adj) | peacefully free of interruption or disturbance |
| solicitous (adj) | full of concern or fears; apprehensive |
| valedictorian (noun) | the student who gives the farewell speech at graduation ceremonies |
| rapacious (adj) | very greedy; predatory; grasping |
| credible (adj) | offering reasonable grounds for being believed |
| credulity (noun) | a willingness to believe statements especially on little or no evidence; gullibility |
| tertiary (adj) | of third rank, importance, or value |
| rapture (noun) | a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion |
| reverberate (verb) | to continue in or as if in a series of echoes |
| genealogy (noun) | the study of family lines of ancestors |
| credulous (adj) | ready to believe especially on little evidence |
