| A | B |
| beguile | to pass; to spend; to while away |
| endeavor | to strive; to attempt; to try |
| flagrant | conspicuous; obvious; undisguised; deliberate |
| hypothesis | possible solution; tentative theory |
| intimacy | closeness; familiarity |
| preoccupation | being engrossed; concern; diversion; |
| prototype | pattern or model |
| relate | to narrate; to tell; to recount |
| reminiscence | the act of recalling things, people, and events |
| subdue | to crush; to vanquish; to control by force |