| A | B |
|---|
| expire | to come to an end |
| poignant | keenly distressing to the feelings |
| demise | death or decease |
| cadence | rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words |
| marbled | resembling metamorphic rock in consistency, texture, venation, color, or coldness; having a mix of fat and lean |
| acrid | sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent |
| puckered | to draw or gather into wrinkles or irregular folds, as material or a part of the face; constrict |
| catheter | a flexible or rigid hollow tube employed to drain fluids from body cavities or to distend body passages |
| constitution | the act or process of composing, setting up, or establishing |
| articulate | uttered clearly in distinct syllables |
| compensate | to offset; counterbalance |
| litigation | the act or process of litigating (to make the subject of a lawsuit) |
| commodify | to turn into a commodity; make commercial |
| valuation | the act of estimating or setting the value of something; appraisal |
| discretion | the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment |
| liability | a legal debt or obligation estimated via accrual accounting |
| beneficiary | a person or entity named in a will or financial contract as the inheritor of property when the property owner dies |
| tort | a wrongful act other than a breach of contract that injures another and for which the law imposes civil liability |
| allocation | the act of allocating (to set apart for a particular purpose); apportionment |
| disparity | lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference |
| assess | to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation |
| incur | to become liable or subject to; bring down upon oneself |
| expenditure | the act or process of paying out |
| consumption | the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction |
| fringe benefits | an employment benefit (as a pension, a paid holiday, or health insurance) granted by an employer that has a monetary value but that does not affect basic wage rates |
| contribution | payment of a share of an amount for which one is liable |
