| A | B |
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| sluggish | adj. averse to activity or exertion; markedly slow in movement |
| myopic | adj. near sightedness, narrow view of something |
| speculation | n. act of meditating or pondering a subject |
| elusive | adj. hard to comprehend or define; tending to evade grasp or pursuit |
| warily | adv. in a cautious manner |
| curtness | n. terse, marked by rude shortness |
| manacles | n. handcuffs |
| snipe hunt | n. hunt for imaginary animal. used to make "hunter" appear a fool |
| acquiescence | n. act of accepting, complying |
| futility | n. uselessness |
| venerable | adj. deserving of being honored or respected |
| detractor | n. one who diminishes importance or value of something |
| entailment | n. act of restricting property by limiting inheritance to the owner's lineal descendents |
| elucidate | v. explain |
| morbid | adj. characterized by gloomy feelings; gruesome |
| gleaning | v. to gather grain left by reapers; to gather bit by bit |
| acrimonious | adj. caustic, biting in feeling or language or manner |
| benignly | adv. graciously, kindly, harmlessly |
| quelling | v. quieting, pacifying, putting down |
| lavation | n. act of washing or cleansing |
