| A | B |
| disregard | to ignore, to may no attention |
| enthrall | to capture someone's attention, to charm, to fascinate |
| heedless | thoughtless |
| oblivious | lacking awareness |
| preoccupy | to hold attention completely |
| rapt | deeply absorbed in something, engrossed |
| receptive | ready or willing to accept something |
| scrutinize | to examine |
| tacit | not spoken, understood from actions or statements |
| vigalant | watchful, alert |
| dogmatic | firmly stating one's beliefs as truth |
| epiphany | sudden realization |
| pensive | deeply, often sadly thoughtful |
| philosophy | a study of reality based on logical rather than observation or experimentations |
| plausible | appearing to be true or reasonable |
| ponder | to think about careful |
| postulate | to assume the truth of something, especially as the basis for study or argument |
| rationality | logic or reasoning |
| reverie | a daydream, a dreaming thought |
| strategem | a cunning scheme meant to trick or deceive |
| arid | dry or desert like |
| dearth | scarce supply, inefficiency of |
| devoid | completely without something |
| excerpt | a portion taken from a longer work |
| exhaustive | complete, including or considering all possibilites |
| integral | essential parts of a whole |
| paltry | very small and insignificant |
| plethora | an excess of something |
| replenish | to add or fill up |
| scant | barely enough or barely sufficient |
| ascribe | to identify as causing, to attribute to |
| circumscribe | to close in a circle, to draw a line around, to limit the power of |
| inscribe | to enter into a formal record; to write, carve or engrave words on a surface |
| nondescript | lacking distinct or individual features |
| prescribe | to set down a rule; to dictate; to give a recommend as a medical treatment or remedy |
| proscribe | to forbid; to prohibit; to stronglyl criticize |
| scribe | a person who copies manuscripts or documents |
| scripture | sacred writing or books; passages from sacred writing |
| subscript | a small letter or number written below and to the right of a letter or number |
| transcribe | to make a full written of spoken material; to adapt or song for a voice or instrument other than the original |