| A | B |
| miscellaneous | assorted |
| revoke | take away, cancel |
| cynical | deeply distrustful |
| morality | virtue; righteousness |
| deterioration | the process of becoming worse or of lesser value |
| resilient | capable of adjusting to change |
| stereotypes | an idea that many people have about a thing or a group that may not be true |
| commodities | items that can be bought & sold |
| punitive | inflicting or involving punishment |
| revelation | finding something out |
| homicide | murder |
| cotillions | a formal ball or dance |
| *affirmitive action | an active effort to improve the education and employment opportunites of minorites |
| *righteous | to do something according to what is right. |
| traumatic | psychologically painful, disturbing |
| *degeneration | a lowering of power,or vitality to a poorer feebler kind of state |
| inhibitions | the inner force that keeps you from making poor choices |
| *detriment | an injury or damage or its cause |
| reprehensible | very bad; deserving blame or condemnation |