| A | B |
|---|
| acme | the highest point |
| excise | to remove by cutting, an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service |
| haggard | thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking |
| menial | lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks |
| tawdry | showy and flashy but lacking in good taste |
| wallow | to move to and fro, to become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision |
| avail | to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; use, benefit, value |
| crony | a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy |
| cryptic | puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic |
| divergent | going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant |
| enmity | hatred, ill-will |
| perceptible | capable of being grasped by the senses or mind |
| proxy | an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time) |
| unflagging | tireless, continuing with vigor |
| stint | to limit, be sparing or frugal; a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity |
| apt | suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn |
| capitulate | to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel |
| chafe | to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; a sore or injury caused by rubbing |
| defile | to make unclear or dirty, destroy the purity of; to mark in a single line or in columns; a narrow passage; gorge, canyon |
| disarming | charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion |
| encroach | to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass |
| endow | to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality |
| impunity | freedom from punishment |
| mien | air, manner; appearance, expression |
| penal | having to do with punishment |
| prodigy | something wonderful or marvelous; something montrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent |
| renown | fame, glory |
