| A | B |
|---|
| pretences | acting; make-believe; faking |
| chummed | friendly; form a friendship |
| placid | even-tempered; calm; tranquil; serene |
| verge | approach closely; on the edge |
| ostracize | exclude someone from a group; shun; spurn |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place; migrant; vagrant |
| boycotted | refuse to buy as a punishment or protest; refuse to cooperate |
| prophecy | prediction; forecast |
| defection | desertion of one's country; desert in favor of an opposing idea/country |
| welded | combine to form an effective whole |
| sedition | conduct/speech inciting people to rebel against authority |
| ration | an allotted amount |
