| A | B |
|---|
| belligerent | adjective: inclined to or exhibiting hostility |
| cajole | trans. verb: persuade someone gently |
| conciliate | trans. verb: stop someone from being angry or discontent |
| fastidious | adjective: very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail |
| forlorn | adjective: lonely, abandoned, sad |
| imperiously | adverb: overbearingly; arrogantly, domineeringly |
| inexorable | adjective: unstoppable, relentless |
| innocuously | adverb: producing no injury |
| lacerate | verb: to tear or make deep cuts in flesh or skin |
| lugubrious | adjective: morose, extremely sad |
| lope | intrans. verb: an easy usually bounding gait capable of being sustained for a long time |
| malingerer | noun: pretend or exaggerate illness or injury to avoid work |
| plight | noun: unfortunate, difficult, or precarious situation |
| prowess | noun: extraordinary ability |
| vicarious | adjective: experienced or realized through imagination or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
