| A | B |
|---|
| shrift | N. "short shrift," very little care or mercy |
| commerce | N. the buying and selling of foods; trade |
| imply | V. to mean or suggest without openly saying |
| mince | V. to cut into small pieces |
| commendable | adj. deserving to be praised |
| macabre | adj. gruesome; ghastly |
| corrupt | V. to make or become dishonest or bad |
| miserly | adj. stingy; selfish |
| disconsolate | adj. so sad that nothing will comfort |
| null | adj. having no force or effect |
| presumption | N. an overstepping of proper bounds |
| flourish | V. to grow strongly; to be successful or healthy |
| rival | V. to equal or be as good as |
| animosity | N. a feeling of strong dislike |
| provision | N. an arrangement made for the future |
| controversy | N. argument or debate |
| reconcile | V. to settle (reconcile a dispute) |
| arbitration | N. the settling of a dispute by hiring someone to hear both sides and decide |
| warp | N. the threads running lengthwise in a weaver's loom |
| woof (weft) | N. the threads running crosswise in a weaver's loom |
| agitate | V. to excite or disturb the feelings of |
