| A | B |
|---|
| brevity | n) shortness |
| comport | v) to conduct or bear oneself |
| concise | adj) expressing much in few words |
| demure | adj) sober or serious |
| depreciation | n) a lessening in value |
| deteriorate | v) to lower in quality |
| divulage | v) to tell, reveal, to make public |
| enlightened | adj) free from ignorance and false |
| forestall | v) to prevent |
| garble | v) to distort |
| proponet | n) one who puts forward a proposal |
| quaver | v) to shake to tremble |
| recoil | v) to spring back, shrink |
| recoup | v) to make up for, regain |
| reek | n) an unpleasent smell (v) an unpleasant smell |
| relentless | adj) unyielding |
| rivulet | n) small stream |
| squander | v) to spend foolishly |
| staccato | adj) detached |
| statute | n) a law |
