| A | B |
| adominable | repungantly hateful (abhorrent) |
| abscond | to leave secretly and hide (flee) |
| castigate | to punish or to criticize (to chastise) |
| comatose | unconscious (lethargic) |
| consolidate | to make solid, to unite |
| despondency | depression, dejection |
| destitution | state of being extremely poor |
| eddy | a current of air or water moving contrary to the main current |
| inopportune | inconvient, poorly timed (unfortunate) |
| nonchalance | indifference, a showing of little interest |
| primordial | original, existing at the beginning (primitive) |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles, relating to basic skills (fundamental) |
| sonnet | a poem with 14 lines |
| tantamount | equivalent in vlaue or significance |
| turgid | swollen |