| A | B |
| hoard | to accumulate for future use; stockpile |
| languish | to become weak or feeble; sag with loss of strength |
| cloister | a tranqui, secluded place |
| oust | to eject; to force out; to banish |
| creditor | a person to whom money is owed |
| pillage | to rob of goods by violent seizure, plunder; to take as spoils |
| antecedent | going before; preceding; an occurrence or event preceding another |
| embody | to give bodily form to; to personify; to make part of a system |
| verbatim | using exactly the same words, word for word |
| truncate | to shorten by cutting off |
| remorse | a strong feeling of sadness or guilt for having done something wrong |
| forsake | to abandon, to give up, to renounce |
| deft | dexterous, skillful |
| ubiqitous | the quality of being everywhere ( or seeming to) at the same time |
| insouciant | calm and carefree; lighthearted |
| sundry | various, several, miscellaneous |
| callous | unfeeling, insensitive, having calluses |
| dearth | scarcity; lack |
| revere | to regard with great devotion or respect, to honor |