| A | B |
|---|
| Brevity | (n.) shortness |
| Comport | (v.) to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement |
| Concise | (adj.) expressig much in a few words |
| Demure | (adj.) sober or serious in manner, modest |
| Depreciation | (n.) lessening in calue; belittling |
| Deteriorate | (v.) to lower in quality or value; to wear away |
| Divulge | (v.) to tell, reveal; to make public |
| Enlightened | (adj.) free from ignorace and false ideas; posessing sound understanding |
| Forestall | (v.) to prevent by acting first |
| Garble | (v.) to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible |
| Proponent | (n.) one who puts forward a propsal; one who supports a cause or belief |
| Quaver | (v.) to shake, tremble; to trill |
| Recoil | (v.) t spring back, shrink; (n.) the act of springing back |
| Recoup | (v.) to make up for, regain |
| Reek | (n.) an unpleasant smell (v. to give off unpleasen smlls; to give a strong impression |
| Relentless | (adj.) unyeilding, harsh, without pitty |
| Rivulet | (n.) a small stream |
| Squander | (v.) to spend foolishly, waste |
| Stacato | (adj.) detachedor disconnected in sound or style |
| Statute | (n.) a law |
