| A | B |
| defiant | bold; willing to stir things up; disobedient |
| auspiciously | favorably |
| ingratiatingly | trying to get into another's good will |
| dissipated | vanished; scattered; to cause to spread thin and gradually vanish |
| efficacy | effectiveness; force; energy; power to produce an effect |
| abashed | ashamed embarrassed |
| prodigiously | extraordinarily; extraordinary in size or degree |
| impregnable | able to resist attack; invincible |
| profusely | lavishly; exuberantly; pouring forth liberally |
| oppressed | overpowered; overburdened; to crush by abuse or power of authority |
| impudently | forward in behavior; boldness; disrespectful |
| culminating | reaching the hightest point |
| epitomized | to show the typical qualities of something |
| myriad | any very large number |
| ostentatious | showing off or done in order to get attention |
| implacable | that which cannot be made calm or peaceful; relentless |
| impelled | to push or move forward; to force or drive |
| enmity | hatred; animosity; hostility |
| precipitous | hasty or reckless; steep like a precipice |
| gregarious | liking to be with other peope; sociable |
| ominous | foretelling evil; threatening |
| tenacity | holding fast; stubborn; grips firmly or holds tightly |