| A | B |
| volatile | easily aroused or changeable, lively or explosive |
| enigma | a puzzle, a mystery |
| equivocate | expressions of double meaning to mislead |
| fevid | intensely emotinal, feverish |
| assuage | to make something unpleasant less severe |
| anomaly | deviation from what is normal |
| abstain | to choose not to do something |
| venerate | to respect deeply |
| waver | to fluctuate between choices |
| prevaricate | to lie or deviate from the truth |
| advocate | to speak in favor of |
| antipathy | extreme dislike |
| deride | to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock |
| cacophony | harsh, jarring noise |
| dissonance | a harsh/disagreeable combination, especially of sounds |
| enervate | to reduce in strength |
| ostentation | excessive showiness |