| A | B |
| CURTAIL | TO CUT SHORT OR REDUCE |
| DEVASTATE | TO UPSET GREATLY OR OVERWHELM |
| DIGRESS | TO GO OFF THE SUBJECT, ESP. IN WRITING OR SPEAKING |
| INCENTIVE | A MOTIVATION OR ENCOURAGEMENT |
| INCORPORATE | TO COMBINE OR JOIN SOMETHING(S) TOGETHER |
| INDISPENSABLE | NECESSARY |
| INTERMITTENT | OFF-AND-ON; IRREGULAR PACE |
| RIGOR | GREAT HARDSHIP OR DIFFICULTY; HARSHNESS, SEVERITY |
| SQUANDER | TO WASTE; TO SPEND OR USE FOOLISHLY |
| SUCCUMB | TO GIVE IN OR STOP RESISTING |
| ALLEVIATE | TO RELIEVE, TO MAKE EASIER TO ENDURE, OR TO EASE |
| BENEFACTOR | A FINANCIAL SUPPORTER |
| COVERT | CONCEALED, SECRET, OR HIDDEN |
| CYNIC | SOMEONE WHO BELEIVES THE WORST OF PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR AND MOTIVES |
| DEMISE | DEATH |
| INFAMOUS | HAVING A BAD REPUTATION |
| INTRINSIC | FUNDAMENTAL OR BASIC |
| REVULSION | GREAT DISGUST OR DISTASTE |
| SPECULATE | TO GUESS OR THEORIZE |
| VIRILE | MANLY, MASCULINE |