| A | B |
|---|
| abandon (uh BAN duhn | to leave; to desert |
| adversity (ad VUR si tee) | misfortune; hardship |
| calamity (kuh LAM i tee | disaster; catastrophe |
| defective (di FEK tiv) | imperfect; damaged |
| degrade (di GRAYD) | to lower in character, quality, or value |
| disastrous (di ZAS truhs | ruinous; devastating |
| futility (fyoo TIL i tee) | uselessness; ineffectiveness |
| grievance (GREE vuhns) | a complaint |
| inconvenient (IN kuhn VEEN yuhnt) | not suited or favorable to one’s comfort or |
| irritate (IR i TAYT) | to annoy; to bother |
| jeopardy (JEP ur dee) | danger; peril |
| malady (MAL uh dee) | disease; disorder |
| malfunction (mal FUHNGK shuhn | to fail to perform |
| overpower (OH vur POW ur) | to subdue; to defeat |
| pandemonium (PAN duh MOH nee uhm) | wild commotion with a confusion of noise; upr |
| pathos (PAY THAHS) | a feeling of pity or sorrow |
| perish (PER ish) | to die |
| predicament (pri DIK uh muhnt) | a difficult or troublesome situation |
| revoke (ri VOHK) | to void by taking back or reversing; to cancel |
| temper (TEM pur) | a tendency to become angry or irritable |
