| A | B |
|---|
| acute | (adj) with a sharp point; keen and alert |
| bluster | (v) to talk or act in a noist and treatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; (n) speech that is loud and threatening |
| bungle | (v) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness |
| commentary | (n) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion |
| duration | (n) the length of time that something continues or lasts |
| eerie | (adj) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious |
| facte | (n) on aspect or side of a subject; one of the cut surfaces of a gem |
| fidelity | the state of being faithful; accuracy in details |
| fray | (n) a brawl, noisy quarrel; (v) to wear away by rubbing |
| headstrong | (adj) willful, stubborn |
| inhabitant | (n) a person or animal living permanently in a given place |
| numb | (adj) having lost power of feeling or movement; (v) to dull the feelings of |
| pacify | (v) to make peaceful or calm |
| ravenous | (adj) greedy; very hungry |
| refute | (v) to prove incorrect |
| remorse | (n) deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds |
| setback | (n) something that interferes with progress; a disappointment |
| smug | (adj) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous |
| synopsis | (n) a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc. |
| tarry | (v) to delay leaving; to linger, wait |
