| A | B |
| clarify | to make clear (literally or figuratively) |
| suffix -ify | means "make" |
| clar- | means "clear" |
| clarity | clearness (literal and figurative) |
| opposite of "clarity" | obscurity |
| opposite of "clarify" | obscure |
| density | thickness, or how closely crowded together something is |
| desert (n.) | a dry place - often hot and sandy - where little grows and few people live |
| desert (v.) | to leave alone instead of helping |
| deserted | left alone; left empty of people |
| flammable or inflammable | easily set on fire and able to burn rapidly |
| prefix in- | doesn't always mean "not" |
| inflammatory | likely to make someone burn with anger |
| taciturn | untalkative to a fault |