| A | B |
|---|
| badger | v. to harass persistently; to annoy |
| benevolent | adj. showing, doing, or resulting in good; kindhearted |
| elapse | v. to pass by, as in time |
| fitful | adj. stopping and starting intermittently |
| genre | n. a category; a type |
| haven | n. a place of safety; a sanctuary |
| immaterial | adj. of little or no importance; irrelevant |
| innate | adj. possessed from birth; inborn; inherent |
| kindle | v. 1. to set fire to; to catch fire 2. to arouse feelings; to stir emotion |
| listless | adj. lacking energy; unenthusiastic |
| meager | adj. lacking abundance; inadequate; scanty |
| octogenarian | n. someone between eighty and eighty-nine years old |
| permeate | v. to spread or flow through; to penetrate |
| republic | n. a government in which citizens elect officials to represent them |
| tether | n. a rope or chain used to restrain v. to use a rope or chain to restrain |
