| A | B |
|---|
| aspirant | "(n) a person who has ambitions to achieve something; one seeking a high position" |
| castigate | "(v) reprimand someone severly; to correct by punishing" |
| dregs | "(n) the most worthless part of something (the dregs of humanity - the scum, outcasts, riffraff)" |
| frenzy | "(n) a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild beharvior; hysteria, delirium" |
| laceration | "(n) a deep cut; a jagged wound" |
| octogenarian | "(n) a person in his or her eighties" |
| scurrilous | "(adj) making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation; slanderous, libelous" |
| solace | "(n) comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness" |
| sordid | "(adj) involving ignoble actions and motives; arousinf moral distast or contempt; dirty or squalid" |
| tangible | "(adj) perceptible by touch" |
| bristle | "(v) react angrily or defensively, typically by drawing oneself up; stiffen with fear or anger" |
| mundane | "(adj) lacking interest or excitement; of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one" |
| tremulous | "(adj) shaking or quivering slightly" |
| jostle | "(v) push, elbow or bump against someone roughly, typically in a crowd; collide with, plow into" |
| wrest | "(v) forcibly pull something from a person's grasp; take by force" |
