| A | B |
|---|
| devout | deeply religious |
| profound | coming from deep within; great emotional depth |
| volition | the act of making a choice |
| reservoir | lake used by a community; a large supply of something |
| imperative | a duty which is essential and urgent |
| negligence | failure to act; the neglecting of some important duty |
| acquiescence | agreement with something; or willingness to go along with something or someone |
| cryptic | having a secret or hidden meaning |
| insufficient | a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement |
| monotonous | sounded or spoken in an unbroken pitch; tediously repetitious |
| elusive | skillful at eluding capture; difficult to detect |
| amnesty | granting release from punishment; granting a pardon or liberating someone |
| oppressive | weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; marked by unjust severity |
| encyst | enclosed in a cyst |
| intangible | incapable of being perceived by the senses; lacking substance or reality |
| laxity | the quality of being neglectful; |
| fungal | of or relating to a fungus |
| bewilderment | confusion resulting from faiure to understand |
| serenity | the absence of mental anxiety or stress; |
| catharsis | purging of emotional tension |
| evasion | the act of physically escaping from something |
| conscientious | characterized by extreme care; guided by a sense of right and wrong |
| taut | pull or drawn tight; experiencing great tension |
| toiling | doing arduous or unpleasant work |
| imagery | ability to form mental images of people or things |
| beret | cap with no brim or bill |
| predatory | given to victimizing others for personal gain |
| ambush | lying in wait to attack someone; the act of concealing and then attacking |
| militia | civilians not trained as part of the military but used during hostilities |
| moral | the significance of a story or event; living by a code for right and wrong |
| proximity | the property of being close together |
| adjacent | near, next to adjoining |
| barren | not productive; bare |
| dynasty | a powerful family or group of rulers that maintain their position for a long period |
| humdrum | ordinary, dull, routine, without variation |
| insinuate | to suggest or hint at; to edge into something indirectly |
| renovate | to repair or make new again |
| resume | a brief summary; a short account of past experience and education |
| trickle | to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream; a small quantity of anything |
| truce | a pause in fighting; temporary peace |
| vicious | evil; bad, spiteful; having bad habits or an ugly dispostion; painfully severe |
| dissuade | to persuae not to do something |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood; a troublemaker; an extremely energetic |
| homicide | the killing of one person by another |
| lubricate | to apply oil or grease; to make smooth, slippery or easier to use |
| retard | to make slow, delay, hold back |
| animated | full of life, lively, alive; moved to action |
| culminate | to reach a high point of development; to end, climax |
| literate | able to read and write; showing an excellent education background |
| luster | the quality of giving off light; brightness, glitter, brillance |
| singe | to burn slightly; to burn at the edge or ends |
