| A | B |
| acknowledge | accept as true or correct |
| adamantly | in a determined or strongly stated manner |
| alienate | cause someone to be emotionally or intellectually separated from another person |
| attuned (to) | able to understand and appreciate something |
| batter | hit many times |
| camaraderie | a feeling of trust and friendship among a group; companionship |
| coalition | a group of people from different political or social groups who are cooperating to achieve a particular goal |
| demise | a formal term for the end or death of something or someone |
| dysfunction | failure to work normally |
| ego | one's opinion of one's own worth |
| evolve | to gradually develop from a simpler form to a more complex form |
| excursion | a short trip |
| fad | something that is very popular for a short time |
| feasible | able to be done, made, or achieved |
| gifted | having a natural ability for some activity |
| immune | not able to be affected by a disease or other unpleasant things |
| inevitable | not able to be prevented or avoided |
| nagging | constantly complaining or bothering someone |
| perplexed | puzzled, as in not knowing what to do |
| precisely | exactly, correctly, accurately |
| relate | have a connection to something or someone else |
| reluctance | unwillingness or hesitation |
| resent | feel angry or bitter about something |
| respect | have a good opinion of someone or something |
| scatter | spread something over a wide area |
| seminar | a class in which the teacher and the students discuss a topic |
| sensitive | understanding and aware of other people's problems, etc. |
| shred | a small, narrow piece of something |
| sufficient | enough for a particular purpose |
| suspicion | the feeling that someone should not be trusted or that something is wrong |
| unemployed | without a job |
| wane | become weaker, often to the point of disappearing |