| A | B |
| dour | gloomy and stern |
| obdurate | wickedly stubborn |
| duress | the use of force or threats to make someone act |
| flux | continuous change |
| influx | a massive movement into |
| confluence | a meeting of two or more people, events, or circumstances |
| irrepressible | impossible to hold back or control |
| suppress | to put down by force |
| reprimand | a harsh or formal scolding |
| implicate | to show that someone has a connection with a crime |
| explicate | to systematicaaly explain or outline |
| duplicitous | intentionally misleading |
| inexplicable | impossible to explain or understand |
| complicity | involvement in something wrong or unlawful |