| A | B |
| flail | a manual tool used to threshing grain; |
| stoic | a person who appers unaffected by pain or pleasure |
| haggard | looking worried, tired, or exhausted |
| vanquish | to conquer, to efeat; to overcome |
| baleful | ominoius; dire; sinister |
| somnolent | sleepy; drowsy; tending to bring on sleepiness |
| entourage | the attendants, followers, or associates of a person |
| bilateral | having two sides (often symmetrical); undertaken by and affecting two sides equally; mutually binding |
| impunity | freedom from punishment, penalty, or other harm |
| attrition | the act of rubbing away, wearing down, or weakening due to friction or constant pressure; gradual natural reduction (in personnel) due to retirement and death |