| A | B |
|---|
| ACUTE | with a sharp point;keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time |
| BLUSTER | to talk or act in a noisy and threating way; to ruin something through clumsiness |
| BUNGLE | to act or work clumsily and askwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness |
| COMMENTARY | a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion |
| DURATION | the lenght of time that something continues or lasts |
| EERIE | causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious |
| FACET | one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem |
| FIDELITY | the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness |
| FRAY | a brawl, noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate |
| HEADSTRONG | willful, stubborn |
| INHABITANT | a person or animal living permanently in a given place |
| NUMB | having lost power of feeling or movement; to dull the feeling of; to cause to lose feeling |
| PACIFY | to make peaceful or calm; to soothe |
| RAVENOUS | greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction |
| REFUTE | to prove incorrect |
| REMORSE | deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds |
| SETBACK | something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a step like recession in a wall |
| SMUG | overly self-satisfied, self righteous |
| SYNOPSIS | a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book; a summary |
| TARRY | to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while |
