| A | B |
| profundity | profound knowledge, intellectual depth |
| indefatigably | tireless, incapable of being fatigued |
| soliloquy | a speech or dramatic monologue made to oneself to reveal thoughts |
| aperture | a hole or an opening |
| rudiment | an essential element or skill, also the early stages of development |
| patronizing | having a condescending attitude |
| rigor | strictness, severity |
| credulous | believing on slight evidence, gullible |
| surreptitious | secret, clandestine, stealthy |
| teeming | filled to overflowing; present in a large amount |
| evocative | calling forth, calling to mind |
| chaste | morally pure |
| incongruity | nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility |
| furtive | secret in an underhanded way, stealthy |
| pneumatic | pertaining to air or gas |