| A | B |
|---|
| adjacent | adj: lying near; adjoining |
| candor | n: sincerity; honesty |
| compassion | n: awareness and sympathy for the suffering of another |
| democratic | adj: of or for the people; pertaining to government by the people |
| disperse | v: to scatter; to distribute |
| doleful | adj: causing grief; sad |
| duress | n: a threat of harm forcing someone to act against his or her will |
| irk | v: to annoy; to irritate |
| ratify | v: to approve formally; to sanction |
| sobriety | n: a seriousness in manner; a state of abstinence from drugs or alcohol |
| stagnate | v: to become inactive or motionless |
| subordinate | adj: of lower importance or rank; subject to the control of another. N: one who is under the control of another |
| taut | adj: pulled; drawn; or stretched tight |
| talon | n: a claw of a bird of prey or similar animal |
| wallow | v: to roll about in something unclean |
