| A | B |
|---|
| adjacent | lying near; adjoining |
| candor | sincerity; honesty |
| compassion | awareness and sympathy for the suffering of another |
| democratic | pertaining to government by the people |
| disperse | to scatter; distribute |
| doleful | causing grief;sad |
| duress | a threat of harm forcing someone to act against his or her own will |
| irk | to annoy; to irritate |
| ratify | to sanction; to approve formally |
| sobriety | seriousness in manner |
| stagnate | to become inactive or motionless |
| subordinate | of lower importance or rank |
| subordinate | one who is under control of another |
| talon | the claw of a bird of prey or similar animal |
| taut | pulled, drawn or stretched tight |
| wallow | to roll about in something unclean |
