| A | B |
| acme | The highest point. |
| convey | To transport. |
| juanty | lively |
| juncture | A joining together. |
| parry | To ward off. |
| menial | Lacking importance or dignity. |
| predatory | Preying on, plundering, or piratical. |
| stance | A way of holding the body. |
| tawdry | Showy or flashy but lacking good taste. |
| wallow | To roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way. |
| enmity | hatred, ill-will |
| guant | Thin and bony. |
| nullify | To make of no value or consequece. |
| proxy | An agent, substitute. |
| rankle | To causeanger, irritation. |
| stint | To limitm, be sparing or frugal. |
| abut | To join at one endor to be next to. |
| avail | To be of use or benefit to. |
| cryptic | Puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic. |
| divergent | Going in different directions. |
| dire | Dreadful, causing fearor suffering. |
| disgruntled | In bad humor, discontented, annoyed. |
| encroach | trespass |
| endow | To furnish. |
| fend | To ward off, resist. |
| mien | Air, manner. |
| penal | Having to do with punishment. |
| prodigy | Something wonderful or marvelous. |
| recluse | A person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world. |
| renown | fame, glory |