| A | B |
| agility | ability to move quickly and easily |
| eminent | high-standing, great |
| accrue | increase over time |
| arbitrate | settle or decide by listening to both sides of a dispute |
| benign | kind, gracious |
| guile | dealings; skill in deceiving |
| obstinate | unreasonably stuborn |
| frugal | thrifty; careful with money |
| duress | pressure |
| avarice | too great a desire for wealth |
| abominable | disgusting; hateful |
| superfluity | excess |
| grisly | terrifying |
| adversary | enemy |
| pallor | paleness |
| prudent | careful; cautious |
| transcend | exceed; surpass |
| credentials | evidence of a person's position |
| absolve | forgive; make free from blame |
| reprove | disapprove of |
| concede | grant |
| extort | get by threats or violence |
| disperses | breaks up |
| comptemptuous | scornful |
| bequest | gift left by means of a will |
| prowess | outstanding ability |
| temporal | limited to this world; not spiritual |
| capacity | ability to absorb |
| pestilence | plague |