| A | B |
|---|
| cryptic (adj) | mystifying, having a hidden meaning, difficult to decipher |
| curtail (v) | to cut back/short, reduce (a habit, activity, visit) |
| emit (v) | to give/send out (a sound,a smell) |
| importune (v) | beset with insistant/repeated requests/ beg/pester |
| inchoate (adj) | incipient/upcoming (fears/desires/emotions) |
| incontrovertible (adj) | unquestionable/definite/indisputable (fact) |
| incredulous (adj) | amazing/skeptical/disbelieving (act/feeling) |
| haven (n) | refuge/oasis/safe place/port/harbor (of safety) |
| eventuate (v) | to result in |
| jeopardize (v) | imperil--expose to danger/loss/injury |
| permeate (v) | soak/pervade/flow throughout (smell) |
| subjugate (v) | conquer/control (a group of people/country) |
| subterranean (adj) | underground |
| propitious (adj) | auspicious/favorable/good (weather/moments/occasion) |
| ultimate (adj) | the greatest/best/most outstanding (experience/achievement) |
| repress (v) | to hold back (an emotion/smile/feeling/giggle) |
| premise (n) | thesis/theme/argument/proposition |
| viable (adj) | capable/developing (alternative/plan) |
| surreptitious (adj) | sneakily/clandestinely/secretly/stealthily (act/look/movement) |
| surmise (v) | infer/guess at/figure out |
