| A | B |
|---|
| brevety | shortness |
| comport | agree concur |
| concise | expressing much in few words |
| demure | serious in manner;modest |
| depreciation | a lessening in value;cheapening |
| deteriorate | to lower in quality or value;wear away |
| divulge | to tell,reveal to make public |
| enlightened | free from ignorance,knowing |
| forestall | to prevent by acting first |
| garble | jumble,confuse,unintelligible |
| proponent | puts forward a proposal;advocate |
| quavers | to shake,tremble;to trill |
| recoil | to spring back,shrink |
| recoup | to make up to;regain |
| reek | an unpleasant smell,stench |
| relentless | unyielding,harsh.without pity |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| squander | to spend foolishly |
| staccato | detached,disconnected in sound or style |
| statute | a law,rule,enactment |
