| A | B |
|---|
| insolvent | (adj) bankrupt; lacking money to pay |
| lucrative | (adj) bringing in money, profitable |
| novelty | (n) something new; unusual; newness |
| precedent | (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action |
| precocious | (adj) showing unusually early development (espcially in talents or mental capacity); advanced for one's age |
| reprimand | (v) to scold, to find fault with; (n) a rebuke |
| servile | (adj) befitting a slave or servant; behaving like a slave, submissive |
| skeptic | 9n) doubter; person who suspends judgmnet until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view |
| torpid | (adj) dormant; dull' lethargy |
| tortuous | (adj) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved; sometimes deceitful |
