| A | B |
| audacious | adj--daring; bold; adventurous |
| fortnight | n--fourteen days; a two-week period |
| prohibit | v--to forbid by law or authority |
| solicitous | adj--full of concern for another; caring; sensitive to another's needs |
| averse | adj--unwilling; disinclined; having a feeling of distaste for |
| hiatus | n--a break or gap in time; a temporary break from one's normal work schedule or routine |
| prominent | adj--noticeable or conspicuous |
| somber | adj--grave; melancholy; gloomy; dark |
| aversion | n--a settled dislike for; antipathy; repugnance |
| impertinent | adj--given to rudeness; sassy; irrelevant |
| extant | adj--currently or actually existing |
| prodigious | adj--huge; enormous; amazing or wondrous |
| expurgate | v--to cleanse of errors or immorality |
| prodigy | n--child genius; an extraordinary or unusual event |
| adverse | adj--hostile to; unwilling; harmful |