| A | B |
| MINION | N. a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power. |
| DECREPIT | Adj.weakened by old age; feeble; infirm |
| ECCENTRIC | Adj. deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd |
| SUSCEPTIBLE | Adj. accessible or especially liable or subject to some influence, mood, agency, etc. |
| CLENCH | V. to grasp firmly; grip. |
| MULL | V. to think about carefully; consider (often followed by over). |
| DISTRAUGHT | Adj. distracted; deeply agitated. |
| DORMANT | Adj. lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid. |
| ANTHROPOLOGY | N. the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind. |
| SCINTILLATING | Adj.witty; brilliantly clever. |
| ONEROUS | Adj. burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship. |
| AMBIDEXTROUS | Adj.able to use both hands equally well. |
| ARTICULATE | Adj. using language easily and fluently; having facility with words. |
| SNICKER | V. to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner. |
| PETRIFY | V. 1. to convert into stone or a stony substance. 2. to benumb or paralyze with astonishment, horror, or other strong emotion. |
| IMPENDING | Adj. about to happen; imminent. 2. imminently threatening or menacing |
| TENACIOUS | Adj. pertinacious, persistent, stubborn, or obstinate. |
| INTIMATE | V. to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest. |