| A | B |
| flourishing | growing or prospering well |
| jaunty | very stylish in appearance |
| bizarre | with a strange appearance |
| cauldron | large kettle for boiling |
| anesthetic | a drug that causes lost of feeling |
| loathsome | arousing hatred |
| sullen | showing ill humor and silent resentment |
| desperados | bold and desperate outlaws |
| malignant | wishing or causing evil |
| venom | desire to see others suffer |
| circuitous | round about; indirect |