| A | B |
| Briskly | fast, energetic |
| Identical | exactly alike |
| Facades | the face or front of a building |
| Congenial | being pleasant or agreeable |
| Rapacious | greedy, grasping |
| Compelling | forcing someone to do something |
| Compulsion | the urge to do or say something |
| Presumptuous | failing to be appropriate or going further than is permitted |
| Forefinger | index or pointer finger |
| Trifle | a thing of little value or importance |
| Credulity | ready to believe everything |
| Sinister | impression that something evil or harmful will happen |
| Apathy | lack of interest or concern, don't care |
| Coincidence | events that occur without an obvious connection, but feel like they could be connected |
| Oppressive | unjustly inflicting hardship |
| Tantalizing | torment, tease, or excite the senses |
| Emanate | emit, to spread from a certain source |
| Provoked | deliberately make someone respond in a certain way |
| Amiable | friendly or pleasant manner |
| Hospitable | friendly, welcoming to strangers or guests |
| Condoling | express sympathy, grieve with |
| Proffered | to offer or propose |
| Fakirs | a hindu holy man |