| A | B |
|---|
| ascertain | to find out for certain |
| chastise | to punish by beating OR rebuke/criticize severely |
| cull | to select and remove weak or inferior members |
| defer | to put off or postpone OR yield out of respect |
| desist | to refrain from continuing something |
| discredit | to hurt reputation of OR destroy confidence/trust |
| encroach | to advance little by little on limits or boundaries |
| foreboding | strong feeling that something bad is about to happen |
| humane | compassionate or kind |
| irrational | lacking sound judgment; not governed by reason |
| lurid | causing horror; gruesome OR glowing with red of flames in haze |
| perpetuate | to cause to continue indefinitely |
| restive | showing impatience because of delays |
| stamina | physical strength or courage to resist hardship/fatigue |
| surveillance | close observation |
