| A | B |
|---|
| access | admittance or a way of entering |
| characteristic | a special or distinguishing quality |
| despicable | despised, rejected, morally reprehensible |
| equilibrium | a state of balance between opposing weights,, forces, or influences |
| exceptional | unusually good, excellent, superior, extraordinary |
| excessive | something that goes beyond what is required or needed, a surplus |
| felony | a serious - often violent crime |
| grimace | to make a face expressing feelings of pain - disgust - or contempt |
| horrific | awful, terrible, causing fear or dread or terror |
| indelible | permanent, cannot be removed or washed away |
| intensify | to strengthen, increase, to make more intense or concentrated |
| malign | to speak very badly about someone of something |
| quirk | a strange way of acting or a peculiar trait |
| transient | temporary, short-lived, a person who moves from one place to another |
| vignette | a short story, play, or movie |
