| A | B |
| articulate | pronounce distinctly |
| cavort | romp or prance around exuberantly |
| credence | belief; mental acceptance |
| decry | condemn/express strong disapproval |
| dissemble | disquise or conceal, give a false impression |
| distraught | very agitated or upset from emotion or mental conflict |
| eulogy | formal statement of condemnation/high praise |
| evince | display clearly/make evident/provoke |
| exhume | remove from a grave/ring to light |
| feckless | lacking in spirit & strength |
| murky | dark/gloomy/obscure |
| nefarious | wicked/depraved/devoid of moral standards |
| piquant | stimulating to the taste or mind/spicy/pungent |
| primordial | developed/created at the beginning/fundamental/basic |
| propinquity | nearness in place or time; kinship |
| unwonted | not usual or expected; not in character |
| utopian | visionary view of an ideal world |
| verbiage | over-wordy/proportionately inflated language |
| verdant | green/immature in experience/judgement |
| viscous | gel-like or gluey quality/not fluid |