- addict: (n) to be devoted to something in an obsessive manner
- agnostic: (n) one who believes that any ultimate reality is unknowable
- animosity: (n) hostility; ill will
- chronic: (adj) marked by a long period of time; recurrence (usually pain)
- constrict: (v) to squeeze; to make narrow
- corrupt: (v) to change from good to bad
- credible: (adj) can be believed; reasonable
- crescent: (n) a narrow curved shape; a quarter moon or smaller
- extensive: (adj) large in area; wide
- fiction: (n) something produced from imagination; an invented story
- gingerly: (adv, adj) careful
- graffiti: (n) drawings or writings on a wall (illegal)
- hesitate: (v) to hold back a decision; to waver
- interrupt: (v) to stop; to break in (usually with questions)
- laden: (adj) filled with a great quantity
- meek: (adj) timid; humble;not showing anger
- misconstrue: (v) to interpret or understand something incorrectly; misunderstand
- predecessor: (n) a person who has previously occupied a position that another has taken over
- prestige: (n) respect for a person or thing
- remnant: (n) a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
- restrain: (v) to hold back; to prevent from doing
- revoke: (v) to call back; to withdraw
- rupture: (v) to break or burst
- sentimental: (adj) marked by feeling or emotion (ex: childhood photograph)
- spectator: (n) a person who watches or observes
- stringent: (adj) strict; tight; severe
- submissive: (adj) inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
- tangible: (adj) able to be perceived by touch; physically real
- vacant: (adj) empty; not occupied; free
- vital: (adj) necessary for life