SOME  BIG  BOOK  DEFINITIONS

anger:  a strong feeling of displeasure or antagonism.
alcohol:  A depressive drug.  A sedative.  
allergy:  an abnormal reaction to food or chemical substance.  
agnostic:  a person who believes that nothing can be known about God.  
atheist:  a person who believes God does not exist.  
believe:  to suspect that something is true, or accept that possibility.  
craving:  an overpowering desire. (Big Book - after starting to drink)  
decision:  to “cut into” or “cut in two.”  To gather facts and select which are going to be acted upon. 
    Humor - ALL decisions are based on inadequate information.  
defect:  imperfection, shortcoming.  
disease:  (dis-ease) a condition that separates a person from normal health patterns.  
dishonesty:  willful perversion of truth in order to deceive.  
envy:  painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another.  
exact:  accurate, precise, methodical.  
fault:  something done wrongly; an error or mistake.  
faith:  confidence, sureness, credulity, reliance, trust.  
fear:  an unpleasant emotion brought on by negative anticipation.  Guilt stems from fear of the past, dread from fear of the future.  
frightened:  a temporary or continual state of fear.  
greed:  excessive desire to acquire certain things.  
honest:  truthfulness.  Fair and just - not cheating or stealing.  
inconsiderate:  without thought or consideration of others.  
insanity:  Big Book - the peculiar mental state alcoholics get into before the first drink.  
inventory:  a written list  
life (lives):  an individual’s actions.  The manner of one’s existence.  
lust:  excessive desire or seeming need (usually sex).  
manifestation:  the “display” or evidence of something else.  
mistake:  error, fault, inaccuracy.  
moral:  truth, inner meaning, scrupulous.  
nature:  essential qualities or components.  
obsession:  to fill the mind continually.  To preoccupy or haunt to the exclusion of contrary ideas.  
phenomenon:  some unique event that we may see but may not understand.  
powerless (over alcohol): Big Book - cannot drink as the result of an allergy manifested by craving, and cannot stop (or stay stopped) as the result of a mental obsession.
pride:  excessive and unjustified opinion of oneself; too high (self-love) or too low (self-hate).  
resentment:  from the preface “re” (repeating or over and over,) and “sentire,” (to feel).  Indignant or bitter feelings. Often followed by “at.”  
sanity:  from “sanitas” (whole).  Mental health.  The tendency to avoid extreme views.  
selfish:  deficient in the consideration for others.  
self-centered:  preoccupied with ones’ own personality or affairs.  
self-seeking:  excessive caring about one’s own welfare before that of others.  
shortcoming:  failure to come up to a standard.  Defect.  
sloth:  having no inclination to act or put forth effort.  
will:  thinking.  The faculty by which a person decides.  
will power:  control exercised over impulse; self-control.  
willing:  cheerful intention; gladly ready (to act).  
wrong:  acting, judging, or believing incorrectly.  In error.  
vital:  necessary (for life),  indispensable.  
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WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY - 1939:

alcohol:  spirituous or intoxicating element in fermented liquors. Pure or rectified spirits of wine.  
spirit: the soul, courage, vivacity, alcohol.