| A | B |
| aberration | something not typical; a deviation from the standard |
| anomaly | an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation |
| arcane | mysterious; known only to a select few |
| catholic | universal; embracing everything |
| conventional | common; customary; unexceptional |
| eccentric | not conventional; a little kooky; irregular |
| esoteric | hard to understand; known only to a select few; peculiar |
| ethereal | heavenly; as light and as unsubstantial as a gas or ether |
| hackneyed | overused; trite; stale |
| iconoclast | one who attacks popular beliefs or institutions |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity; an eccentricity |
| incongruous | not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate; not fitting in |
| maverick | a nonconformist; a rebel |
| mundane | ordinary; boring; not heavenly or eternal |
| neologism | a new word or phrase; a new usage of a word |
| novel | new; original |
| pedestrian | unimaginative; banal |
| perennial | continual; happening again and again or year after year |
| singular | unique; superior; exceptional; strange |
| uniform | consistent; unchanging; the same for everyone |