| A | B |
|---|
| abet | to encourage or to assist (usually an offense against justice or the law) |
| agile | characterized by ability to move quickly with suppleness and grace |
| antidote | something that relieves the effects of poison |
| ascertain | to find out definitely; to determine |
| benevolence | kindness, generosity, charity |
| desolate | deserted, without inhabitants, barren |
| din | loud and discordant noises, cacophony |
| dissuade | to advise against, to talk out of |
| distend | to expand, to swell |
| enervation | weakness |
| eulogy | praise or tribute |
| fitful | irregular |
| indelible | cannot be removed, washed away or erased |
| inert | unable to move or to act, sluggish |
| malevolence | ill will or evil intentions |
| obliterate | to remove all traces of; to do away with; to destroy completely; to cancel |
| ornate | excessively decorated |
| paucity | scarcity, fewness of number, dearth |
| piety | devotion and reverence to God |
| precarious | dangerous, risky, not a secure situation |
| prosaic | commonplace, uninspired, banal |
| quiescent | inactive, dormant |
| scintillating | sparkling, shining, or flashing |
| squalid | filthy in appearance, sordid |
| vexation | discomfort or distress |
