| A | B |
| garb | n. a style of clothing; v. to cover with clothing |
| ricochet | n. a glancing rebound of a projectile off a surface; v. to glance off something |
| slapdash | adj. haphazard, sloppy, random, unplanned |
| copse | n. a grove or thicket of small trees |
| refute | v. to prove wrong by argument or proof |
| callous | adj. 1. being hardened or thickened; 2. having no emotion |
| precedent | n. an act or statement that may serve as an example or a justification for a later one; adj. coming before or preceding |
| elude | v. 1. to avoid or escape by quickness; 2. to escape the mental grasp of |
| snappish | adj. 1. given to curt, irritable speech; 2. inclined to bite |
| demolition | n. the act of destroying |
| pare | v. to cut or shave off the outside or end of; 2. to diminish gradually, cut away |
| vibrant | adj. pulsating with life, vigor |
| vista | n. distant view as through an avenue of trees or from a mountain top |