| A | B |
| ardor | N warmth or heat of feeling, passion (hate) |
| assiduous | adj marked by careful attention, diligent (lazy) |
| concord | N agreement (disagreement) |
| confound | V to cause one to be confused, bemuse (to clarify) |
| defer | V to put off action until a further time, to delay (to continue) |
| impertinent | adj rude, disrespectful (polite) |
| lithe | adj graceful, flexible (inflexible, clumsy) |
| maladroit | adj awkward, inept (skillful) |
| paradigm | N a very good example or model |
| perfidious | adj calculated to deceive, treacherous, (innocent) |
| sinuous | adj bending in and out in wavy way (straight) |
| subjugate | V to bring under one's control, to dominate (to free) |
| usurp | V to take possession over something without right, to overthrow (to give control) |
| vicarious | adj experienced through imagined participation in another's activity, secondhand (direct) |
| woe | n great sorrow, grief (happiness) |