| A | B |
|---|
| abduct | kidnap |
| guerrillas | irregular military group |
| buffoon | a joker; a fool |
| flounder | move clumsily; to struggle |
| culture | particuliar stage in civilization |
| elegant | richly decorated; excellent |
| inhabit | to live in |
| goad | to prod or urge to do something |
| aqueduct | pipe for carrying water distances |
| fertile | able to reproduce easily |
| dilemma | a difficult choice |
| encroach | to intrude or trespass |
| expunge | to remove or erase; deplete |
| allude | to refer casually |
| fleet | a group of vehicles |
| parallel | running alongside |
| horizontal | right angle to vertical |
| scrutinize | to look very carefully |
| drench | wet thoroughly |
| vertical | straight up and down |
| shun | to keep away from |
| resident | on who lives in a place |
| petulant | cranky, ill-tempered |
| obsolete | out of date; no longer in use |
| magnate | rich, powerful business person |
| elicit | to try and draw information out |
| impunity | exemption (free from) from punishment; to get away with something illegal or immoral |
| im- | prefix meaning not |
| penta- | prefix meaning 5 |
| tri- | prefix meaning 3 |
| quad- | prefix meaning 4 |
| hexa- | prefix meaning 6 |
| octa- | prefix meaning 8 |
| unison | all together. |
| unanimous | in complete agreent: being of one mind |
| parsite | an organism that survives by feeding off another and usually lives in or on another, as a tapeworm. |
| monogram | a single design made from the intials of someone's name |
| monotonous | all in the same tone or pitch |
| monopoly | exclusive control by one person or group, especially exclusive control of a product or service sold in a certain area |
| biweekly | happening once every two weeks |
| bisect | to cut into two equal parts |
| bilingual | having the ability to use two languages |
| semiannual | issued or occurring two times a year |
| semisweet | somewhat or slightly sweetened |
| semicircle | a half circle |
| monologue | a speech by one person |
| mon- | prefix meaning one or same |
| logue | "to talk" |
| para- | prefix meaning along side of |
| bi- | prefix meaning two |
| semi- | prefix meaning half |
