| A | B |
| passive | acted upon rather than acting;yielding;submissive |
| abrasive | substance used for grinding;an irritant - causing irritation |
| reconcile | to bring together into harmony and make friends again |
| denote | a sign of; to indicate; to signify |
| somber | gloomy and sad; solemn and serious |
| hindrance | an action, person,or thing that hinders or impedes;impediment;obstacle |
| turbulent | violently agitated;disorderly;stormy |
| irreducible | not capable of being made smaller or simpler |
| ultimate | last or final;basic;maximum -maximum level |
| necessitate | to cause to be necessary;to force;to compel |
| figurative | not literally true;using figures of speech |
| intensive | marked by special effort;dedicated;highly concentrated |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that contains an implied comparison |
| adage | an old saying;proverb |
| potency | power;strength;force |
| rapture | great joy;delight;ecstacy |
| simile | a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as |
| cadence | a rhythmic flow or pattern |
| allusion | an indirect reference;a passing mention |
| fallacy | a misleading or false idea;mistaken reasoning |