| A | B |
|---|
| formidable | inspiring wonder, fear, or dread |
| prerogative | right; privilege |
| elusive | not easily found or understood |
| ominous | threatening |
| affliction | pain; distress |
| conceded | acknowldeged; admitted to be true; confess |
| terse | brief; concise |
| amiably | agreeably; in a friendly way |
| stealthy | cunning; sneaky; secret |
| irrelevant | unrelated to the topic |
| candid | honest; open; sincere |
| impudent | rude; ill-mannered; disrespectful |
| indicted | accused; charged |
| cynical | distrustful; suspicious |
| fatalistic | accepting; resigned to the inevitable |
| obscure | unknown; unimportant |
| adamant | rigid; inflexible; feeling very strongly about something |
| recluse | hermit; loner |
| furtive | secret; undercover |
| sordid | dirty; shameful |
| teeming | brimming; swarming |
| subordinates | persons of lower position |
| garishly | in a showy, gaudy way |
| nondescript | hard to describe |
| competent | capable; qualified; being good at what you do |
