| A | B |
|---|
| adversary | (n.) an enemy, opponent |
| alienate | (v) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey |
| allocate | (v.) to set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute |
| amend | (v.) to change in a formal way; to change for the better |
| amicable | (adj.) peaceable, friendly |
| animosity | (n.) strong dislike; bitter hostility |
| apprehensive | (adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
| belligerent | (adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at |
| brash | (adj.) prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent |
| chaos | (n.) great confusion, disorder |
| chastise | (v.) to inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely |
| chivalrous | (adj.) marked by honor, courtesy, and courage; knightly |
| coerce | (v) to compel, force |
| commend | (v.) to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of |
| condolence | (n.) an expression of sympathy |
| corrosive | (adj.) eating away gradually, (adj.); bitterly sarcastic |
| decrepit | (adj.) old and feeble; worn-out, ruined |
| delete | (v.) to erase, wipe out, cut out |
| demise | (n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position |
| emaciated | (adj., part.) unnaturally thin |
| esteem | (v.) to regard highly; (n.) a highly favorable opinion or judgment |
| exhilarate | (v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to |
| feasible | (adj.) possible, able to be done |
| gape | (v.) to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open |
| gnarled | (adj.) knotted, twisted, lumpy |
| grimace | (n.) a wry face, facial distortion; (v) to make a wry face |
| guise | (n.) an external appearance, cover, mask |
| harass | (v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks |
| holocaust | (n) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering |
| impervious | (adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance It |
| invulnerable | (adj.) not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack |
| jeopardy | (n.) danger |
| muse | (v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder |
| negligible | (adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded |
| obsolete | (adj.) out-of-date, no longer in use |
| pungent | (adj.) causing a sharp sensation; stinging, biting |
| punitive | (adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment |
| renegade | (n.) one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; (ad}.) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox |
| scrupulous | (adj.) exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled |
| scrutinize | (v) to examine closely |
| somber | (ad}.) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit |
| sophomoric | (adj.) immature and overconfident; conceited |
| spontaneous | (adj.) arising naturally; not planned or engineered in advance |
| squalid | (ad}.) filthy, wretched, debased |
| suave | (adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |
| tentative | (adj.) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant |
| uncanny | (adj.) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation |
| urbane | (adj.) refined in manner or style, suave |
| verbatim | (adj., adv) word for word; exactly as written or spoken |
| warily | (adv.) cautiously, with great care |
