| A | B |
|---|
| Annex | add to, attach |
| Cleave | Cut or split open; cling to |
| cordial | In a friendly manner, hearty |
| Cornerstone | The starting point of a building |
| Debacle | An overwhelming defeat, rout |
| Devitalize | To make weak or lifeless |
| Embroil | To involve in a conflict or difficulty |
| Exonerate | To clear from a charge or accuastion |
| Glib | Ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless |
| haphazard | By chance, not planned, random |
| improvise | to compose or perform without preparation |
| incite | to rouse, stir up, urge on |
| influx | a coming, inflow |
| pallor | an extreme or unnatural paleness |
| pedigree | a list of ancestors, family tree |
| precipitous | very steep |
| profuse | very abundant; given or flowing freely |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship; to settle |
| shackle | to put into chains |
| threadbare | shabby; old and worn |
