| A | B |
| Exacerbate | To aggravate (a situation or condition); make more severe |
| Mitigate | To make less severe or less intense; relieve |
| Unprecedented | Being the first instance of something; never having occurred before |
| Panacea | Something supposed to cure all diseases, evils, or difficulties; cure-all |
| Atrophy | To wear down, lose strength, or become weak, as from disuse, disease, or injury (of a said body part); to wither away |
| Deprivation | Lack or shortage of one or more basic necessities |
| Imperative | Necessary; urgent |
| Objective | Not influenced by emotion or personal prejudice; based only on what can be observed |
| Utilitarian | Made or intended for practical use; stressing usefulness over beauty or other considerations |
| Deplore | To feel or express disapproval of |