| A | B |
| flagrant | shockingly obvious; outrageous |
| venture | to take the risk of; dare |
| comprehensive | including all or much |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a normal life through therapy or education |
| persevere | to continue with an effort or plan despite difficulties |
| turmoil | complete confusion; uproar |
| calamity | an event brining great loss and misery |
| fluctuate | to vary irregularly; to go up and down or back and forth |
| ponder | to consider carefully; think deeply about |
| conventional | customary; ordinary |
| enigma | a mystery or puzzle |
| dispatch | to send to a specific place or on specific business |
| nocturnal | of, about, or happening in the night; active at night |
| attest | to make a statement about something on the basis of personal experience; bear witness; testify |
| orient | to determine ones' location or direction; to locate in relation to a direction (east, west, etc.) |
| discern | to recognize; detect |
| enhance | to improve |
| mobile | moving or able to move from place to place |
| attribute | a quality or feature of a person or thing |
| exemplify | to be an example or; represent; be typical of |
| constitute | to make up; be the parts of |
| default | to fail to do something required |
| predominant | most common or most noticeable |
| prerequisite | something required beforehand |
| confiscate | to seize with authority; legally take possession of |
| decipher | to interpret or read (something confusing or hard to make out) |
| nominal | slight; very small compared with what might be expected |
| concurrent | happending or existing at the same time; simultaneous |
| recession | a temporary decline in business |
| hypothetical | supposed for the sake of argument or examination; imaginary; theoretical |
| intricate | having many parts arranged in a complicated way; complex |
| suffice | to be good enough |
| degenerate | to worsen; deteriorate |
| sanctuary | a place of safety, protection, or relief |
| intercede | to make a request or plead on behalf of someone else |
| vulnerable | open to damage or attack; susceptible |
| implausible | difficult to believe; unlikely |
| sinister | evil; wicked |
| scrutiny | close inspection; careful examination |
| incoherent | unable to speak in an orderly, logical way |
| qualm | an uneasy feeling about how right or proper a particular action is |
| garble | to mix up or confuse (as a story or message); scramble |
| gloat | to feel or express delight or self-satisfaction; often spitefully |
| blight | something that weakens, damages, or destroys |
| plagiarism | using someone else's writing or ideas as one's own |
| contrive | to plan cleverly; think up |
| retaliate | to return an injury for an injury; pay back |
| blatant | very obvious, often offensively so |
| immaculate | perfectly clean |
| gaunt | think and bony |