| A | B |
|---|
| reaping | to gather |
| deterrent | something that prevents something from attacking or happening |
| poaching | illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game |
| maniacally | excessive excitement or enthusiasm |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or sense; absurd |
| haggling | to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and contentious manner |
| adjacent | lying near, close or contiguous; adjoining |
| protocol | customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence |
| dissent | to differ in sentiment or opinion, disagree |
| plummets | something that weighs down or depresses |
| radical | of or going to the root or origin, drastic change |
| predicament | unpleasant difficult, or dangerous situation |
| disastrous | causing great distress or injury, calamitous |
| intensity | great energy, strength, concentration |
| insurmountable | incapable of overcoming |
| gratified | to give pleasure to by satisfying desires |
| sniveling | to weep or cry with sniffling |
| replicate | to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce |
| disgruntled | to put into a state of sulky dissatisfactio; make discontent |
| mentor | a wise and trusted counselor or teacher |
| pondering | to consider something deeply and thoroughly |
| inexplicable | incapable of being explained or accounted for |
| gnarled | having a rugged, weather beaten appearance |
| deteriorated | to make or become worse or inferior in character or quality |
| substantial | of ample or considerable amount, quantity or size |
| detest | to feel abhorrence of; hate |
| vulnerable | capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt |
| affectations | a trait, action or expression by artificiality |
| flamboyant | Strikingingly bold or brilliant |
| sustenance | means of sustaining life; nourishment |
| despicable | deserving to be despised; contemptible |
| tangible | capable of being touched; material |
| exclusively | not admitting of something else; incompatible |
| barbarism | something belonging to or befitting a barbarous condition; uncivilized |
| ironic | exemplifying irony; an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected. |
| adversaries | a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; enemy |
| mandatory | authoritatively ordered |
| amiable | having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities |
| demean | to lower in dignity, honor |
| oblivious | unmindful; unconscious; unaware |
| surly | rude or bad tempered |
| sever | to separate from the whole as if by cutting |
| fixated | to become fixed |
| impulsiveness | actuated or swayed by emotional or involuary impulses |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| sic | attack |
| irredeemably | beyond redemption; irreclaimable |
| potential | possible, as opposed to actual |
| defiantly | characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging |
| ludicrous | causing laughter because of absurdity; laughable |
| banal | devoid of freshness or orginality |
| intrigued | to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity |
| sullen | showing irritation or ill humor by gloomy silence or reserve |
| hostile | characteristic of an enemy |
| prestigious | having a high reputation; honored; esteemed |
| unrequited | not returned or reciprocated |
| assent | to agree or concur; subscribeto |
| breached | the act or result of breaking; breaking or rupture |
| entourages | surroundings; environment |
| aghast | struck with overwhelming shock or amazement |
| perceived | to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses |
| reenactments | the act of enacting |
| adversaries | a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks,; opponent; enemy; foe |
| condenses | to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate |
| void | having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable |
| botched | to spoil by poor work; bungle |
| rejuvenating | to restore to a former state; make fresh or new again |
| dispersed | to drive or send off in various directions; scatter |
| lapdogs | a small pet dog that can easily be held in the lap |
| gall | something bitter or severe |
| hoist | to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance |
| imprudent | unwise, indiscreet, ill-advised |
| dynamic | pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or foreceful |
| scarcity | insuffiency or shortness of supply; earth |
| quell | to suppress; put an end to; extinguish |
| abate | to reduce in amount, degree, intensity |
| stupor | suspension or great diminution of sensibility |
| incompetent | not competent; lacking qualification or ability |
| conspiratorially | an evil, unlawful, treacherous plan in secret; plot |
| bravado | a pretentious, swaggering display of courage |
| precariously | dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; insecure, unstable |
| perservere | to persist in anything undertaken, continue steadfastly |
| sated | to fill to excess |
| balm | any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value |
| honing | a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors |
| mayhem | the crime of willfully inflicting a bodity injury on another |
| onslaught | an onset, assault, or attack |
| wracked | a trace of something destroyed |
| noxious | harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being |
| prominent | standing out so as to be seen easily |
| tentatively | of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment or attempt |
| ordeal | any extremely severe or trying test |
| rations | a fixed allowance of provisions or food |
| forages | the act of searching for provisions of any kind |
| obliging | willing or eager to do favors, offer one's services |
| rendezvous | an agreement between two or more persons to met at a certain time and place |
| copse | a thicket of small trees or bushes, a small wood |
| doggedly | persistent in effort; stubbornly |
| subsequent | occurring or coming later or after |
| fractured | the breaking of a bone |
| fragmented | breaking apart off or detaching |
| subtly | thin, tenous or rarefied |
| vulnerable | capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt |
| decadent | characterized by decadence, especially culturally or morally |
| fretful | disposed or quick to fret; irritable |
| audible | capable of being heard |
| inadequate | not sufficient; inept or unsuitable |
| inflict | to impose as something that must be borne or suffered |
| lethargy | the quality or state of beind drowsy and dull |
| dissipate | to scatter in various directions |
| pariahs | any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided |
| loathe | to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abohorring |
| evade | to escape from trickery or cleverness |
| scrupulously | have scruples; principled |
| ruse | a trick, statagem, or artifice |
| peruse | to read through with thoroughness or care |
| tethered | a rope, chain or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object |
| potent | powerful; mighty |
| ratcheting | a toothed bar which a pawl engages |
| wheedles | to endeavor to influence by smooth, flattering words |
| incoherence | the quality or state of being incoherent |
| arduous | requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult |
| asset | a useful and desirable thing or quality |
| infusion | a drink or extract prepared by soaking leaves in liquid |
| emanating | to flow our, issue or proceed as from a sourceor origin |
| irreparable | not reparable; incapable of being remedied |
| ominous | portending evil or harm; foreboding |
| staunch | firm or steadfast in principle, loyalty, as a person |
