| A | B |
|---|
| desist | (v) to cease to proceed or act |
| doleful | (adj) : causing grief or affliction : full of grief : cheerless |
| elusive | (adj) a : tending to evade grasp or pursuit : hard to comprehend or define : hard to isolate or identify |
| engross | (v) : to take or engage the whole attention of : occupy completely |
| frustrate | (v) a : to balk or defeat in an endeavor b : to induce feelings of discouragement in |
| histrionics | (n) deliberate display of emotion for effect |
| imminent | (adj) ready to take place; especially : hanging threateningly over one's head |
| inclement | (adj) lacking mildness; physically severe : stormy |
| inert | (adj) very slow to move or act : sluggish |
| interject | (v) to throw in between or among other things : interpolate |
| mastiff | (n) any of a breed of very large massive powerful smooth-coated dogs that are apricot, fawn, or brindle and are often used as guard dogs |
| obsess | (v) to haunt or excessively preoccupy the mind of |
| pertinent | (adj) having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| peruse | (v) a : to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study b : to look over or through in a casual or cursory manner |
| premonition | (n) previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| recoil | (v) to fall back under pressure; to shrink back physically or emotionally |
| salient | (adj) most notable or important : prominent |
| squeamish | (adj) easily nauseated : queasy, easily offended or disgusted |
| symptomatic | (adj) having the characteristics of a particular disease but arising from another cause |
| wan | (adj) suggestive of poor health : sickly, pallid |
