| A | B |
|---|
| acrimony | bitterness or sharpness of temper, manner, or speech; hostility |
| affinity | attraction for someone with which one feels a closeness or kinship |
| ambivalent | having mixed, often opposing, feelings about someone or something; indecisive |
| cessation | a stopping, either final or temporary |
| emaciated | very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny |
| enclave | a distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory |
| engender | to bring into being, to produce |
| exacerbate | to make more severe |
| illicit | not allowed, improper, or unlawful |
| indigenous | naturally living or growing in a certain area; native |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea, relentless |
| infatuated | filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire |
| insatiable | never satisfied; greedy |
| poignant | painfully moving, affecting, or touching |
| proselytize | to convert someone to a faith, belief or cause |
| accolade | an expression of approval or respect for special merit; an award |
| adamant | not yielding; firm |
| adulate | to flatter or admire excessively; to idolize |
| altercation | a loud and determined dispute; a noisy quarrel |
| annals | a hisorical record of events, often arranged in yearly sequence |
| assiduous | diligent and persistent |
| chary | exercising caution; hesitant |
| clique | a small, exclusive group; a group held together by like interests or purpose |
| decrepit | worn-out with use; broken down |
| endow | to provide with a quality, a thing, or a gift of money |
| ephemeral | lasting for a very short time |
| ingratiate | to work to gain the favor of someone |
| pantheon | a group people held in high esteem for their great achievements |
| perverse | turned away from what is right; wicked; stubbonly opposing what is reasonable; obstinate |
| tutelage | instruction, protection or guardianship |
