| A | B |
|---|
| aspirant | "(n) a person who has ambitions to achieve something (Latin, aspirant, 'aspiring); one seeking a high position" |
| castigate | "(v) reprimand someone severly; to correct by punishing (Latin, castigare, 'reprove')" |
| dregs | "(n) the most worthless part of something (the dregs of humanity - the scum, outcasts, riffraff)" |
| frenzy | "(n) a state or period of uncontroled excitement or wild beharvior; hysteria, delirium" |
| laceration | "(n) a deep cut; a jagged wound (Latin, lacerare, 'mangled, torn)" |
| octogenarian | "(n) a person in his or her eighties (Latin, octogenarius, from octoginta, eighty)" |
| 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 (Latin, solari, 'to console') |
| sordid | "(adj) involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste or contempt; dirty or squalid (Latin, sordere, 'be dirty')" |
| tangible | "(adj) perceptible by touch (Latin, tangere, 'to 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 (Latin, mundus, 'world')" |
| tremulous | "(adj) shaking or quivering slightly (Latin, tremere, 'tremble')" |
| 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" |
