| A | B |
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| adverse | adj.unfavorable, negative; working against, hostile |
| arid | adj. extremely dry; uninteresting, dull |
| assailant | n. a person who attacks violently (with blows or words) |
| billow | n. a large wave |
| billow | v. to rise or swell like a wave |
| confront | v. to meet face-to face, especially as a challenge; come to grips with |
| contemporary | adj. belonging to the same period of time as oneself |
| contemporary | n. a person of the same time |
| depict | v. to portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture |
| disinterested | adj. fair-minded, free from selfish motives; indifferent |
| encompass | v. to encircle, go or reach around; to enclose; to include with a certain group or class |
| constrain | v. to force, compel; to restrain, hold back |
