| A | B |
|---|
| degenerate | to worsen; deteriorate |
| implausible | difficult to believe; unlikely |
| incoherent | unable to speak in an orderly, logical, way |
| intercede | to make a request or pleas on behalf of someone else |
| intricate | having many parts arranged in a complicated way; complex |
| sanctuary | a place of safety, protection, or relief |
| scrutiny | close inspection; careful examination |
| sinister | evil; wicked |
| suffice | to be good enough |
| vulerable | open to damage or attack; susceptible |
| blantant | very ovbious, often offentively so |
| blight | soemthing that weakens, damgaes, or destroys |
| contrive | to plan cleverly; think up |
| garble | to mix up or confuse (as a story or message);scramble |
| gaunt | thin and bony |
| gloat | to feel or express delight or self-satisfaction, often spitefully |
| immaculate | perfectly clean |
| plagiarism | using someone else's writing or ideas as one's own |
| qualm | an uneasy feeling about how right or proper a particular action is |
| retaliate | to return an injury for an injury; pay back |
| calamity | an event bringing great loss and misery |
| comprehensive | including all or much |
| conventional | customary; ordinary |
| flagrant | shocking obvious; outrageous |
| fluctuate | to vary irregularly; to go up and down or back and forth |
| persevere | to continue with an effort or plan despite difficulties |
| ponder | to consider carefully; think deeply about |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a normal life through therapy or education |
| turmoil | complete confusion; uproar |
| venture | to take the risk of; dare |
| attest | to make a statement about something on the basis of personal experience; bear witness; testify |
| attribute | a quiality of feature of a person or thing |
| discern | to recognize; detect |
| dispatch | to send to a specific place or on specific business |
| enhance | to improve |
| enigma | a mystery or puzzle |
| exemplify | to be an example of, represent; be typical of |
| mobile | moving or able to move from place to place |
| nocturnal | of, about, or happening in the night; active at night |
| orient | to determine one's location or direction; to locate in relation to a direction (east, west, etc.) |
| concurrent | happening or existing at the same time; simultaneiously |
| confiscate | to sieze with authority; legally take possession of |
| constitute | to make up; be the parts of |
| decipher | to interpret or read (something confusing or hard to make out) |
| default | to fail to do something required |
| hypothetical | supposed for the sake of argument or examination; imaginary; theoretical |
| nominal | slight; very small compared with what might be expected |
| predominant | most common or most noticable |
| prerequisite | something required beforehand |
| recession | a temporary decline in business |
