| A | B |
|---|
| conceal | (verb) to hide |
| swap | (verb) to change or switch |
| ravaged | (past-tense verb) severely damaged or devastated |
| sibling | (noun) brother or sister |
| notorious | (adjective) famous or well known -- usually for being bad; infamous; scandalous |
| ancient | (adjective) very old |
| rigid | (adjective) not flexible; stiff |
| dainty | (adjective) delicately small and pretty |
| delicate | (adjective) easily broken or damaged; fragile; breakable; weak |
| bear | (verb) to show (as in a name on a building); (noun) large animal; (verb) carry the weight of; support; endure something difficult |
| vary | (verb) to change; to fluctuate |
| heist | (noun) robbery |
| blare | (verb) to blast or make a very loud, annoying noise |
| references | (plural nouns) the use of a source of information in order to get more information about something |
| suspect | (noun) a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense -- but the person's guilt has not been proven; (verb) to have an idea about the truth of something even if you don't have proof |
| prompt | (verb or noun) to cause or bring about an action or feeling |
| ascend | (verb) to climb or go up |
| accumulate | (verb) pile up; gather; collect |
| ridiculed | (past-tense verb) made fun of; mocked |
| contaminated | (past-tense verb) to be made impure; (adjective) impure |
| unify | (verb) to bring together |
| ultimately | (adverb) finally; in the end |
| devastated | (past-tense verb) destroyed; ruined |
| prized | (adjective) valuable; well-respected; impressive |
| beacon | (noun) a light or other visible object serving as a signal, warning, or guide at sea, on an airfield |
| pamper | (verb) indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness; spoil |
| punctuation | (noun) commas, semicolons, colons, periods, question marks, etc. |
| arsenal | (noun) a supply |
| culture | (noun) customs and values shared by a group |
| commenced | (past-tense verb) began |
| survive | (verb) to remain alive |
| edible | (adjective) safe to eat |
| din | (noun) loud noise |
| concept | (noun) an idea |
| function | (noun) purpose |
| prerequisite | (noun) something you have to complete before you do something else |
| prevent | (verb) to not allow something to happen |
| prewash | (verb) to clean something before you use it |
| pretreat | (verb) to do something to a person or material before treating it |
| prewriting | (noun) the formulation and organization of ideas before writing |
| affliction | (noun) something that causes pain or suffering; malady; ailment; disease; etc. |
| trudge | (verb) walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions |
| irony | (noun) sarcasm -- when a person says the opposite of what they mean -- sometimes in an attempt to be funny |
| personification | (noun) figurative language that gives human qualities to non-human things |
| inconspicuous | (adjective) when someone tries not to be seen or noticed |
| allusion | (noun) reference to something in literature or history or pop culture or Greek mythology or the Bible or something else |
| incessantly | (adverb) nonstop; continuously |
| simile | (noun) figurative language; comparison of two very different things using like or as |
| metaphor | (noun) figurative language; comparison of two very different things WITHOUT using like or as |
| idiom | (noun) common expression that cannot be translated literally to determine the meaning |
