| A | B |
|---|
| Balm | n. something that comforts or soothes |
| Benign | adj. displaying kindness or gentleness; tending to foster well-being (adj. Benignant) |
| Crucial | adj. critical; decisive |
| Culpable | adj. guilty; blameworthy (n. culpability) |
| Dearth | n. scarcity |
| Decrepit | adj. infirm, feeble; in disrepair (n. decrepitude) |
| Defer | v. (a) to postpone; (b) to yield out of respect or consideration of another’s wishes, age, authority (adj. deferred) |
| Remote | adj. distant in manner, space, time; far away; unlikely (n. remoteness) |
| Tenacity | n. stubborn persistency (adj. tenacious) |
| Tentative | adj. provisional; in the nature of an experiment or trial |
