| A | B |
|---|
| afflict | (v) to distress so severely as to cause persistent suffering or anguish |
| ascend | (v) to move upward |
| besiege | (v) to surround with armed forces; to press with requests; to cause worry or distress to |
| emaciate | (v) to waste away physically; to make feeble |
| excruciating | (adj) causing great pain or anguish; very intense |
| fretful | (adj) irritable, restless, worried or vexed |
| harbinger | (n) one that pioneers in or initiates a major change : precursor; one that presages or foreshadows what is to come; archaic : a person sent ahead to provide lodgings |
| maliginant | (adj) evil in nature, influence, or effect; tending to produce death or deterioration |
| malnutrition | (n) faulty nutrition due to inadequate or unbalanced intake of nutrients |
| privation | (n) an act or instance of depriving; the state of being deprived; especially : lack of what is needed for existence |
| remote | (adj) separated by an interval or space greater than usual; far removed in space, time, or relation |
| respite | (n) a period of temporary delay; a period of temporary delay |
| reverberate | (v) to continue in or as if in a series of echoes : resound |
| sanctuary | (n) a consecrated place: as the most sacred part of a religious building; a place of refuge and protection |
| sinister | (adj) singularly evil or productive of evil; presaging ill fortune or trouble |
| succumb | (v) to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| surge | (v) to rise and fall actively; to rise and move in waves or billows; to rise suddenly to an excessive or abnormal value |
| thwart | (v) to run counter to so as to effectively oppose or baffle; to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| tranquil | (adj) free from agitation of mind or spirit; free from disturbance or turmoil |
| ubiquitous | (adj) existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly |
