| A | B |
|---|
| churlish | surly; ill-tempered |
| collaborate | team up; join forces |
| discordant | grating; shrill; different; divergent |
| evolve | unfold; emerge |
| hover | linger; waver; seesaw |
| laggard | slowpoke; straggler; sluggish |
| plaudits | cheers; acclaim |
| preclude | hinder; check; stop |
| revert | relapse; regress |
| serville | slavish; groveling; fawning |
| wrangle | squabble; bicker |
| adage | maxim; saw; aphorism |
| bonanza | windfall |
| citadel | fort; stronghold; bulwark; bastion |
| decree | proclamation; edict; proclaim |
| excerpt | portion; section; extract |
| grope | fumble for; cast abut for |
| jostle | push |
| rubble | wreckage; debris |
| vigil | watch |
