| A | B |
|---|
| alight | settle or come to rest |
| bereft | sorrowful due to loss or deprivation |
| cogent | powerfully persuasive |
| complicity | guilt as a confederate in a crime |
| contrived | showing effects of manipulation |
| culpable | deserving blame as being wrong or injurious |
| dubious | fraught with uncertainty or doubt |
| expedient | appropriate to a purpose |
| exploitation | an act that victimizes someone |
| forswear | formally reject a belief |
| indiscriminate | failing to make or recognize distinctions |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or respond |
| missionary | someone sent on an assignment to a foreign country |
| prodigal | recklessly wasteful |
| reproach | express criticism towards |
| resolutely | showing firm determination or purpose |
| resurgent | rising again as to new life |
| smite | inflict a heavy blow on, with a hand, tool, or weapon |
| succour | assistance in time of difficulty |
| unscrupulous | without good principles or morals |
| vacillate | be undecided about something |
| vagabond | a wanderer with no established residence or means of support |
