| A | B |
| vertigo | dizziness; instability; confusion; disorientation |
| debacle | a complete failure; total collapse |
| condign | deserved; suitable |
| ephemeral | transient; temporary; short-lived |
| histrionic | theatrical; overly dramatic |
| urbane | suave; refined; citified |
| truculent | savage; brutal; cruel |
| inveigh | speak bitterly against; to make a bitter verbal attack against |
| desultory | disconnected; rambling; wandering from subject to subject |
| ingenuous | naive; simple; innocent |