| A | B |
|---|
| adversary | opponent |
| astute | wise; shrewd; ingenious |
| chagrin | disappointment; embarrassment |
| cryptic | mysterious; puzzling |
| disparity | difference; condition of inequality |
| empathy | identification with feelings or thoughts of another |
| falter | to stumble; to hesitate |
| heed | to pay attention to; to consider |
| indict | to charge with a fault of offense |
| intrinsically | essentially; inherently; naturally |
| malady | illness; chronic or deep-rooted |
| obscure | to darken; make unclear |
| pervasive | spread throughout; permeating |
| pestilential | causing plague; baneful |
| petrify | to turn to stone |
| quell | to put down; to quiet |
| rationalize | to reason; to justify an improper act |
| raze | to destroy completely |
| remuneration | compensation; reward |
| replenish | to fill up again |
