| A | B |
|---|
| brace | a support that steadies or strengthens something else |
| slake | make less active or intense |
| comely | very pleasing to the eye |
| stoke | stir up or tend; of a fire |
| capricious | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason |
| resolute | firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination |
| hankering | a yearning for something or to do something |
| exhort | urge on or encourage especially by shouts |
| heedless | characterized by careless unconcerned |
| gingerly | with extreme care or delicacy |
| umbrage | a feeling of anger caused by being offended |
| deficit | the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required |
| bountiful | producing in abundance |
| glut | supply with an excess of |
| shiftless | lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy |
| browbeat | discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate |
| cudgel | a club that is used as a weapon |
| confront | deal with (something unpleasant) head on |
| skirt | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
| shirk | avoid (one's assigned duties) |
| dross | worthless material that should be removed |
| vestige | an indication that something has been present |
| residual | something left after other parts have been taken away |
| fuse | mix together different elements |
| firebrand | someone who deliberately foments trouble |
| brace | prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult |
| slake | cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water |
| comely | according with custom or propriety |
| capricious | changeable |
| resolute | characterized by quickness and firmness |
| exhort | force or impel in an indicated direction |
| heedless | marked by or paying little heed or attention |
| gingerly | in a careful manner |
| deficit | an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period) |
| bountiful | given or giving freely |
| glut | the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall |
| cudgel | strike with a club |
| confront | oppose, as in hostility or a competition |
| skirt | pass around or about; move along the border |
| shirk | avoid dealing with |
| dross | the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals |
| residual | relating to or indicating a remainder |
| fuse | any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant |
| firebrand | a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning |
| brace | two items of the same kind |
| slake | satisfy (thirst) |
| glut | overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself |
| confront | be face to face with |
| skirt | a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women |
| residual | a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing |
| fuse | make liquid or plastic by heating |
| fuse | electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded |
| brace | support or hold steady and make steadfast |
| skirt | form the edge of |
| confront | present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize |
| skirt | end on all sides of simultaneously; encircle |
| fuse | become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat |
| brace | cause to be alert and energetic |
