| A | B |
|---|
| loquacious | extremely talkative |
| onus | something burdensome |
| protagonist | leading or principle character |
| reticence | hesitance to talk freely |
| thrift | the wise use of money or resources |
| umbrage | offense; resentment |
| abstruse | not easily understood |
| cajole | to coax gently but persistently |
| debacle | a total and disastrous failure |
| ebullient | showing enthusiasm |
| fallacious | containing basic errors |
| grotesque | characterized by excessive distortion |
| homogeneous | of the same kind |
| impervious | not being penetrated; not being affected |
| lucid | easily understood |
| nemesis | an unbeatable rival |
| rhetoric | the style of speaking |
| subtle | so slight it is difficult to detect |
| unbridled | free from control |
| verbatim | using the exact same words |
