| A | B |
|---|
| ashen | resembling ashes |
| ashen | pale |
| brink | upper edge of a steep or vertical slope |
| brink | which something is likely to begin; the verge |
| brink | the threshold of danger; bank (like a river) |
| clamor | a loud, continuous, confused noise |
| clamor | strong or loud demand; |
| clamor | utter or proclaim insistently; make such a noise |
| clangor | a loud metallic ringing sound or repeated such sound |
| clique | narrow group of people with common interests or views |
| deteriorate | make or become inferior in quality, character, or value |
| deteriorate | worsen |
| dormant | in an inactive state in which growth & development stop |
| dormant | not active but capable of renewed activity |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| elusive | tending to elude (escape or avoid by skill or cunning) |
| elusive | difficult to describe or define; hard to identify |
| fallow | plowed & tilled but left unseeded during a growing season |
| fallow | having a light yellowish-brown color |
| fallow | plow & break up land without seeding to destroy weeds & conserve moisture |
| flaw | make defective |
| flaw | a defect, shortcoming, or an imperfection |
| fluctuation | continual change from one point or condition to another; an irregular change |
| fluctuation | wavelike motion; an uncertain shifting back & forth |
| fluctuation | in genetics, a body variation due to environmental factors & not inherited |
| immobile | not movable; fixed |
| immobile | motionless |
| neglect | ignore or pay no attention to; disregard |
| neglect | fail to do, as through carelessness |
| pluck | detach by pulling with the fingers; pick; tug |
| pluck | sound a string or strings (of an instrument) by stretching & releasing with fingers |
| pluck | courage & daring; spirit |
| pluck | pull out the hair or feathers of |
| pluck | dogged resolution |
| prohibit | forbid by law or authority |
| pursue | follow in an effort to overtake or capture; chase |
| pursue | carry further |
| pursue | practice; continue to torment |
| reject | refuse to accept, use, submit to, consider, or deny |
| reject | fail to give love or affection to a person; throw out; discard; fail to accept as part of one’s body |
| reject | a person or thing that has been turned down |
| repeal | withdraw officially; revoke |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color; red |
| sallow | broad leaf willow tree |
| sallow | of a sickly yellowish color or complexion; grayish greenish yellowish in color |
| sect | group of people forming a distinct unit within a larger group |
| sect | a religious group, especially one that has separated from a larger group; group following a distinctive doctrine or leader |
| spurn | reject or refuse with hate or scorn |
| spurn | tread heavily; trample; kick with the foot |
| spurn | a rejection; treatment that is hateful |
| tepid | moderately warm; lukewarm |
| tepid | lacking force, zest, or enthusiasm |
| withdraw | take back or away; remove from participation or consideration |
| withdraw | move |
| zeal | enthusiastic devotion to a cause, an ideal, or a goal |
| zeal | eagerness in pursuit of something |
