| A | B |
|---|
| buffoon | a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior |
| contaminate | make impure |
| stalwart | dependable |
| veldt | a large flat area covered with grass but with few trees |
| cajole | influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering |
| svelte | gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease |
| behemoth | someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful |
| dwindle | become smaller or lose substance |
| stern | severe and unremitting in making demands |
| tundra | a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line |
| dispel | to cause to separate and go in different directions |
| somber | grave or even gloomy in character |
| quip | a witty saying |
| grope | search blindly or uncertainly |
| caustic | harsh or corrosive in tone |
| hovel | small crude shelter used as a dwelling |
| summon | gather or bring together |
| elfin | small and delicate |
| rubble | the remains of something |
| eject | put out or expel from a place |
| feverish | marked by intense agitation or emotion |
| stubble | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds |
| rebuke | an act or expression of criticism and censure |
| succulent | full of juice |
| bully | discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate |
| buffoon | a rude or vulgar fool |
| contaminate | make radioactive by adding radioactive material |
| stalwart | having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships |
| veldt | elevated open grassland in southern Africa |
| svelte | showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience |
| behemoth | a person of exceptional importance and reputation |
| stern | the rear part of a ship |
| dispel | force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings |
| somber | lacking brightness or color; dull |
| quip | make jokes |
| grope | feel about uncertainly or blindly |
| caustic | of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action |
| summon | make ready for action or use |
| elfin | usually good-naturedly mischievous |
| eject | cause to come out in a squirting that has been destroyed or broken up |
| feverish | of or relating to or characterized by a high temperature |
| stubble | the short stiff hairs on a man’s face that grow into a beard if he does not cut them off |
| rebuke | censure severely or angrily |
| succulent | a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs |
| bully | a cruel and brutal fellow |
| stalwart | a person who is loyal to their allegiance |
| stern | of a strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect |
| quip | witty remark |
| caustic | any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue |
| summon | ask to come |
| elfin | suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness |
| eject | leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule |
| feverish | having or affected by a fever |
| bully | be bossy towards |
| stern | not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty |
| summon | call in an official matter, such as to attend court |
| elfin | relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf |
| bully | very good |
