| A | B |
|---|
| Innovative | introducing something new. |
| Inveterate | long established; deep-rooted; habitual |
| Laudatory | giving praise |
| Maverick | one who resists adherence to a group |
| Mollify | to calm or soothe |
| Novel | strikingly new or unusual. |
| Obdurate | stubborn; inflexible |
| Objectivity | treating facts uninfluenced by emotion |
| Obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion |
| Ornate | elaborately decorated |
| Ostentatious | describing a showy or pretentious display |
| Paramount | of chief concern or importance |
| Penitent | expressing remorse for one’s misdeeds |
| Pervasive | dispersed throughout |
| Plausible | seemingly valid or acceptable: credible |
| Profound | having great depth or seriousness. |
| Prosaic | unimaginative; dull |
| Quandary | a state of uncertainty or perplexity |
| Rancorous | hateful; marked by deep-seated ill will |
| Spurious | not genuine; false; counterfeit. |
| Stoic | indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive |
| Superfluous | extra; unnecessary |
| Tenuous | substance or strength; unsure; weak |
| Timorous | timid; fearful about the future |
| Transitory | short-lived; temporary |
| Vindicated | freed from blame. |
