| A | B |
| adjourn | to put off |
| alien | different; unknown |
| comely | pleasant to look at |
| compensate | balance up; make up for |
| dissolute | living an evil life |
| erratic | queer; odd |
| empulsion | a forcing out |
| feint | false appearance |
| fodder | coarse food for livestock |
| fortify | give support to; strengthen; making strong |
| illegible | very hard or impossible to read |
| jeer | to tease |
| lucrative | bringing in money |
| mediocre | neither bad nor good; in the middle |
| proliferate | to grow or produce by multiplying of parts |
| subjugate | to subdue |
| sully | soil; stain |
| tantalize | to torture by keeping out of reach |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| unflinching | firm; not drawing back from danger |