| A | B |
|---|
| avid | eager, enthusiastic |
| brusque | abrupt in speech or manner |
| concise | short and to the point |
| demean | to degrade, lower reputation |
| despicable | deserving contempt or scorn |
| emulate | to imitate or try to equal |
| evoke | to call forth or produce, to bring to mind |
| excruciating | very painful |
| inaugurate | to install in office with a formal ceremony |
| pervade | to spread throughout |
| proprietor | an owner of a store or business |
| pseudonym | a fictious name used by an author |
| rebuff | to reject bluntly |
| resilient | capable of recovering quickly |
| turbulent | chaotic, unruly, stormy |
| abrasion | a scrape or worn area, rubbing away |
| clad | covered or clothed in |
| cursory | done in a hurry w/ little attention to detail |
| corroborate | to confirm, provide evidence to make more certain |
| dehydrate | to remove water from, to become dry |
| derive | to take or recieve from a source |
| electrify | to wire or equip w/ electric power |
| endeavor | to attempt earnestly |
| gingerly | cautious, very careful |
| grimace | to make a face w/ feelings of pain |
| gruesome | causing shock or horror |
| inventory | the stock or list of goods on hand |
| simulate | to take on the qualities of another |
| succumb | to give up or in to |
| surmise | a guess without sufficient evidence |
| anonymous | of an unknown source or name |
| anthology | a collection of writings |
| conjecture | a conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence |
| disposition | a person's usual mood |
| encompass | to enclose or encircle |
| extricate | to free from a difficult situation |
| generation | one step in line of a family |
| guile | cunning or deciet in dealing with others, trickery |
| imperative | urgent, pressing |
| instill/instil | to introduce gradually |
| modify | to make less extreme or severe |
| pivot | a bar on which something turns, a turn |
| prevalent | commonly occuring, widely accepted |
| recur | to come up again or to happen |
| spontaneous | voluntary or unplanned |
