| A | B |
| multifarious | adj. having great variety; numerous and diverse |
| obsolete | adj. out-of-date, no longer in use |
| omnivorous | adj. eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes |
| parsimonious | adj. stingy, miserly, meager, poor, small |
| quandary | n. a state of perplexity or doubt |
| recalcitrant | adj. stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
| reprisal | n. an injury done in return for injury |
| revel | v. to take great pleasure in; n. a wild celebration |
| stultify | v. to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on |
| suave | adj. smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |