| A | B |
| acute | with a sharp point, keen and alert, rising quickly |
| bluster | to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way, to blow in stormy gusts |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| commentary | a series of notes, clarifying or explaining somethign |
| duration | the length of time that something continues or lasts |
| eerie | causing fear because of strangeness |
| facet | one aspect or side of a subject of problem |
| fidelity | the state of being faithful |
| fray | a brawl, noisy quarrel, to wear away by rubbing |
| headstrong | willful, stubborn |
| inhabitant | a person or animal living permanently ina given place |
| numb | having lost power of feeling or movenment |
| pacify | to make peaceful or calm, to soothe |
| ravenous | greedy, very hungry |
| refute | to prove incorrect |
| remorse | deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds |
| setback | somethign that interferes with progress |
| smug | overly self-satisfied |
| synopsis | a brief statement, a summary |
| tarry | to delay leaving, to linger |