| A | B |
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| acute | with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time. |
| bluster | to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; speech that is loud and threatening. |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness. |
| commentary | a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinon. |
| duration | the length of time that something continues or lasts |
| eerie | causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious |
| facet | one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem. |
| fidelity | the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness |
| fray | a brawl, a noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate. |
| headstrong | willful, stubborn |
| inhabitant | one living permanently in a given area. |
| numb | having lost the power of feeling or movement; to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling. |
| pacify | to make peaceful or calm; to soothe. |
| ravenous | greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction. |
| refute | to prove incorrect. |
| remorse | deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience. |
| setback | something that interferes with progess; a disappointment unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike reccession in a wall. |
| smug | overly self- satisfied, self- righteous. |
| synopsis | a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary |
| tarry | to delay leaving; to linger;wait; to remain or stay for a while |
