| A | B |
|---|
| adverse | unfavorable, negative; working against, hostile |
| arid | extremely dry; uninteresting, dull |
| Assailant | a person who attacks violently |
| Billow | a large wave; to rise or swell like a wave |
| Confront | to meet face-to-face, especially as a challenge; come to grips with |
| Constrain | to force, compel; to restrain, hold back |
| Contemporary | belonging to the same people of time as oneself; a person of the same time |
| Depict | to portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture |
| Disinterested | fair-minded, free from selfish motives; indifferent |
| Encompass | to encircle, go or reach around; to enclose; to include with a certain group or class |
| Groundless | without any good reason or cause, unjustified |
| Hypocrite | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she really is; a two-faced person |
| Incomprehensible | impossible to understand |
| Manipulate | to handle or use skillfully; to manage or control for personal gain or advantage |
| Maximum | the greatest possible amount or degree; reaching the greatest possible amount or degree |
| Mimic | a person who does imitations; to imitate; to make fun of |
| Ruffle | to wrinkle, make uneven; to annoy, upset, to flip through; a gathered strip of material used for trimming edges; a ripple; a low drumbeat |
| Serene | peaceful, calm; free of emotional upset; clear and free of storm, majestic, grand |
| Sheepish | embarrassed; resembling a sheep in meekness, timid |
| Stamina | the strength needed to keep going or overcome physical or mental strain; staying power |
