| A | B |
| animosity | n. strong dislike; bitter hostility |
| apathy | n. a lack of feeling, emotion or interest |
| apprehensive | adj. fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
| commend | v. to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of |
| compatible | adj. able to work with or work well together |
| condolence | n. an expression of sympathy |
| consecrate | v. to make sacred, hallow; too set apart for a special purpose |
| decrepit | adj. old and feeble; worn-out, ruined |
| deride | v. to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
| ingenuous | adj. innocent, simple; frank, sincere |
| multifarious | adj. having a 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 disobidient, resisting authority |
| reprisal | n. aan injury done in return for an 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 |