| A | B |
| judicious | using sound judgment; wise; sensible |
| leeway | extra time; space; materials, etc; room; latitude,degree of freedom of action |
| oversight | lapse; slip; blunder; error or omission due to carelessness |
| punitive | inflicting; involving, or aiming at punishment; disciplinary; castigating |
| recount | relate in detail, narrate; describe |
| remote | small in degree; negligible; slight; slender; faint |
| repercussion | reaction to an act; after-effect, consequence |
| reprisal | retribution, revenge; counterblow; act of retaliation against a foe for injuries received. |
| taunt | challenge or reproach in an insutlting or jeering manner; mock; ridicule |
| warrant | be sufficient grounds for; justify; sanction |