| A | B |
|---|
| adapt | to become accustomed; to adjust to a situation |
| dismay | discouraged; make fearful or uneasy |
| exile | a separation from one’s homeland through force or choice |
| gesture | something said or done to show intention or attitude; a sign |
| recede | to move back or away from a particular point or limit; to pull back |
| reciprocate | to pay back; to do in return |
| refute | to show to be wrong; to prove wrong or false |
| retain | to hold on to; to keep |
| revert | to go back; to return to a previous habit or condition |
| ritual | a ceremony; any actions done regularly in a set manner |
| elaborate | done with great attention to details; complicated |
| emerge | to rise up or come forth; to come out |
| exotic | foreign; from a different part of the world; strange or different in an appealing way |
| frugal | thrifty; avoiding unnecessary expenses |
| impulsive | tending to act on sudden urges; not in the habit of planning ahead |
| indifferent | having no real interest; unconcerned with (something) |
| indulgent | giving in to someone’s desires, often too much so |
| liberal | large in amount of quantity; generous |
| mediocre | average; ordinary; neither very bad nor very good |
| notable | famous; widely known; well-known |
| affirm | to indicate to be true; to state with certainty |
| alleged | supposed to be true or real, but not proved; assumed |
| allude | to hint at; to refer indirectly |
| coerce | to force |
| elite | being or intended for the best or most privileged; superior; best |
| essence | the main part; the most important quality of something; the heart of the matter |
| immunity | freedom from something unpleasant or something required of others |
| impair | to harm; to damage, weaken |
| query | to ask or question |
| sadistic | cruel; taking pleasure from being cruel |
| plausible | believable; appearing truthful or reasonable |
| provoke | to anger, to stir up anger or resentment |
| recur | to happen again or repeatedly |
| reprimand | a harsh scolding; a formal criticism |
| revoke | to cancel; to take away |
| ridicule | to make fun of; to mock |
| shrewd | clever; tricky |
| skeptical | doubting; questioning |
| stereotype | a commonly accepted image that is oversimplified, with no individuality |
| tactic | a means to reach a goal; a method |
| consequence | a result; an effect |
| destiny | something bound to happen to someone; fate |
| detain | to delay; keep from continuing |
| diminish | to lessen, decrease, to become less |
| procrastinate | to put off doing something until later |
| simultaneous | happening or done at the same time |
| strategy | a method; overall plan |
| tedious | boring; uninteresting because of great length, slowness, or repetition |
| transaction | a business deal or action; exchange of money, goods, or services |
| vital | essential; necessary; extremely important |
