| A | B |
|---|
| allude | to contain a casual or indirect reference |
| docile | easily managed or handled |
| candor | open, and sincere in speech or expression |
| curtail | to cut short |
| initiate | to begin, set going |
| clamor | a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people |
| rouse | to bring out of a state of sleep |
| succumb | to give way to superior force |
| divert | to turn aside or from a path or course |
| assent | to agree or concur |
| diminish | to make or cause to seem smaller |
| brazen | shameless or impudent |
| lavish | using or giving in great amounts |
| aloof | at a distance, especially in feeling or interest |
| ostracize | to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges |
| exorbitant | highly excessive |
| chastise | to criticize severely |
