| A | B |
| importune | (v) to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| incontrovertible | (adj) : not open to question : indisputable |
| surreptitious | (adj) : done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| haven | (n) : a place of safety : refuge |
| subjugate | (verb) : to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer; : to make submissive : subdue |
| ultimate | (adj) last in a progression or series : final |
| eventuate | (verb) to come out finally : result, come about |
| emit | (verb) to throw or give off or out (as light or heat) |
| subterranean | (adj) : being, lying, or operating under the surface of the earth |
| viable | (adj) capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately; : capable of living |
| premise | (n) something assumed or taken for granted : presupposition |
| jeopardize | (v) to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| incredulous | (adj) unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : skeptical |
| permeate | (v) to diffuse through or penetrate something |
| propitious | (adj) favorably disposed; tending to favor : advantageous |
| surmise | (v) a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| curtail | (v) to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| repress | (v) to put down by force : subdue; to hold in by self-control |
| cryptic | (adj) having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning : mysterious |
| inchoate | (adj) being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |