| A | B |
|---|
| fledgling | a young bird; an immature or inexperienced person |
| skulk | to hide or conceal something |
| wan | lacking vitality; feeble; dim |
| catalyst | an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action |
| recede | to move back or away |
| volatile | lively; easily aroused; suspicious; tending to erupt into violence |
| patriarch | the oldest member or representative of a group |
| wrangle | an angry, noisy, or prolonged dispute or quarrel |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| spar | a stout pole; a stout rounded wood or metal piece (as a mast, boom, gaff, or yard) used to support rigging |
| venerable | a calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| foible | a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior |
| haggle | bargain; wrangle |
| brazen | to face with defiance or impudence |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| crescendo | a gradual increase; specifically a gradual increase in volume of a musical passage |
| eminent | prominent; famous |
| specter | a visible disembodied spirit; ghost; something that haunts or perturbs the mind |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground; crawl |
| trivial | commonplace; ordinary; of little worth or importance |
| firebrand | one that creates unrest or strife; agitator |
| surge | to rise and fall actively; toss |
| prodigious | enormous; monstrous; unusual; strange |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape; deadlock |
