| A | B |
|---|
| catapult | slingshot |
| glutton | a person who consumes a great deal or who can handle a great deal of anything |
| muster | to collect or gather; the act of inspection |
| beget | to give birth to; to create |
| curtail | to cut off short or lesson |
| paranoia | a mental illness when a person believes everyone else is out to get them |
| facilitate | to make easier, to help bring about something |
| craven | cowardly |
| mode | a way or method of doing something; type, manner, fashion |
| alienate | to make someone hostile; to feel unwelcome or strange |
| obtuse | insensitive; annoyingly slow to understand |
| scrutinize | to examine very carefully |
| congenial | pleasant to be around; social, agreeable |
| fjord | a long narrow inlet from the sea betweeen steep cliffs |
| aspire | hoping to achieve |
| martyr | someone willing to sacrifice or suffer for a cause |
| citadel | a fortress overlooking a city |
| doldrums | a period or condition of depression; low pressure weather |
| consensus | general agreement |
| blather | to talk nonsensically |
| defame | to libel or slander; to take away someone's good name |
| curvilinear | formed, bound, or characterized by curved lines |
| elapse | to pass by (said of time) |
| veer | change in direction |
| karma | fate or destiny;good or bad vibes from something |
| astute | quick to discern or understand, clever |
