| A | B |
|---|
| active | taking part; lively; moving a lot |
| astound | to surprise; to amaze |
| astounding | very surprising |
| attend | to go to or to pay attention to |
| respond | to answer |
| response | something said or done in reply |
| recite | to say aloud before an audience, usually from memory |
| recital | a program of music or dance |
| pessimist | a person who expects things to turn out badly |
| pessimistic | not having hope, joy, or confidence; gloomy |
| paralyze | to stop all movement or feeling in; to make helpless or powerless |
| paralysis | condition of being paralyzed |
| parallel | lying in the same direction and always the same distance apart; similar |
| modest | not thinking too highly of oneself; not fancy |
| modesty | the quality of being modest |
| impose | to force someone to accept or put up with; to take unfair advantage of |
| grace | beauty of form or movement; a short prayer; an extra period to do or pay something |
| graceful | having beauty of movement |
| expose | to make known; to open to view; to leave unprotected |
| eager | wanting very much |
| eagerly | with a great deal of enthusiasm, wanting |
| contracts | agreements that have the force of law |
| contract | to make an agreement that has the force of law; to get; to make or become smaller |
| cherish | to cling to an idea or feeling; to take good care of; to love |
