| A | B |
| conspicuous (adj) | easily seen; attracting attention |
| ineffectual (adj) | not producing the proper effect |
| lachrymose (adj) | tending to weep; tending to cause tears |
| mortify (verb) | to subdue or deaden; to embarrass greatly |
| pestiferous (adj) | carrying infection; dangerous to society |
| pulchritude (noun) | physical beauty |
| tacit (adj) | expressed without speech; understood but not expressed |
| taciturn (adj) | silent by habit |
| reticent (adj) | tending not to talk or give information |
| umbrage (noun) | shade; shadow; resentment, offense |
| adumbrate (verb) | to overshadow, obscure |
| annihilate (verb) | to destroy completely |
| omnivorous (adj) | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| omnipresent (adj) | present in all places at all times |
| omnipotent (adj) | having power or authority without limit; almighty |
| interrogative (adj) | having the form or force of a question |