| A | B |
| insolent | insulting; rude |
| malevolent | evil; wishing harm to others |
| notorious | infamous; known widely and unfavorably |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| repugnant | causing disgust or hatred |
| unpalatable | not pleasing to the taste |
| parsimonious | stingy; excessively cheap |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place; wandering |
| remote | far away; distant |
| transitory | short-lived or temporary |
| unfettered | set free; unchained |
| harbinger | an indication of what's to come; a forerunner |
| ominous | menacing; threatening |
| portend | to serve as an omen or warning of |
| prophetic | predicting future events |