| A | B |
| virtuous | moral; upright |
| diffused | spread out widely in different directions |
| unobtrusively | without calling attention to oneself |
| anguish | great suffering from worry |
| reputation | widely-held opinion about a person weather good or bad |
| prodigy | a wonder; an unusally talented person |
| pretext | reason or motive used to hide one's real intentions |
| judicious | showing sound judgement; wise careful |
| indulgent | tolerant; not strict or critical |
| affectionate | loving |
| scarce | few in number;not common |
| partition | an interior dividing wall |
| sinister | threatening harm or evil |
| compliance | agreement to a request |
| tangible | able to be perceived by the senses |
| unequivocal | plainly understood |
| antithesis | direct opposite |
| paradoxes | two things that seem directly at odds |
| exploitation | the act of using another person for selfish puropes |
| sustain | keep up |
| retribution | punishment for wrongdoing |