| A | B |
| audible | loud enough to be heard |
| dishearten | to make someone lose hope; discourage |
| forlorn | lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected |
| tedious | long and boring |
| cherubic | plum and sweet-looking like an angel |
| disinclined | not eager; unwilling; reluctant |
| hazard | a danger; a risk |
| transcribe | to write or type out in full |
| circumscribe | to draw a line around; to hold in closely; to restrict |
| disjointed | not connected in thought; not clear |
| exert | to use great effort |
| poignant | painfully affecting the emotions |
| tract | an expanse of land |
| protract | to prolong in time or space |
| prognosis | to predict; to give a prospect of recovery from an illness |