| A | B |
|---|
| precursor | a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor |
| elicit | to draw or bring out or forth; evoke |
| bellicose | aggressively hostile; belligerent |
| cant | to set at an angle |
| jeopardize | to put in hazard; risk |
| maudlin | foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness |
| influx | the mouth of a stream |
| recant | to make an open confession of error |
| poignant | pungent to the smell |
| salve | a creamy substance that you put on a wound to heal it or to make it less painful |
| brandish | a flourish or waving, as of a weapon |
| potent | having or exercising great power or influence |
| vestige | a surviving evidence or reminder of some condition, practice, etc. |
