| A | B |
|---|
| assiduous | A new parent must be --- in taking care of an infant, for they are totally dependent. |
| assuage | Morphine is a powerful drug used to --- the pain caused by advanced cancer. |
| criterion | The --- for the new PACT test required for graduation is not yet set. |
| cryptic | The murderer left a --- message that suggested others would die soon. |
| dogmatic | Being too --- in your opinions can turn others off to your side of a situation. |
| droll | Many of the comedians on Saturday Night Live are ---; producing laughter with very few words, but many nuances. |
| expedient | It would certainly be --- not to require any seniors to take final exams. |
| furtive | With one --- glance the thief let his partner know that the time to strike was right. |
| interrogate | The Al-Quaeda prisoners at Guantanomo will be ---(ed) until the military is sure they have told everything they know about 9/11. |
| intrepid | The Navy Seals are --- young men who are willing to die for this country. |
