| A | B |
| amiable | Friendly, sociable, congenial |
| bauble | Something bright and showy |
| dissemble | To disguise, to pretend |
| dotard | A senile person |
| extemporaneous | Made with little or no preparation |
| flouts | To treat with contempt |
| forbear | Patience, lenience |
| forswear | To renounce, to repudiate |
| girth | Size or dimensions |
| herald | Announce |
| insolence | Insulting or contemptuous behavior |
| largess | Generous giving |
| perused | To read or to examine |
| prating | To talk idly or foolishly at great length |
| repute | Having a good reputation |
| rudiments | Relating to basic skills |
| sovereign | Possessed of controlling power |
| utter | To express by speaking |
| volubility | Ability to use words easily |
| conceit | Excessively high opinion of one's own worth |