| A | B |
| girth | the size of someone or something measured around the middle |
| bestow | to give (something) as a gift or honor |
| devious | willing to lie and trick people in order to get what is wanted |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| submit | to stop trying to fight or resist something; to agree to do or accept something that you have been resisting or opposing |
| viscous | thick or sticky; not flowing easily (as in liquid) |
| privation | a lack or loss of the basic things that people need to live properly |
| seclude | to keep (someone) away from other people |
| massive | large in comparison to what is typical |
| timbre | the quality of the sound made by a particular voice or musical instrument |
| pilfer | to steal things that are not very valuable or to steal a small amount of something |
| redolent | causing thoughts or memories of something (usually by smell) |
| nostrum | something that is used for treating illness, pain, etc., but that is not an accepted and effective medicine |