| A | B |
| abject | degraded; miserable |
| agnostic | one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic |
| complicity | involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice |
| derelict | someone or something that is abandoned or neglected |
| diatribe | a bitter and prolonged verbal attack |
| effigy | a crude image of a despised person |
| equity | the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial |
| inane | silly, empty of meaning or value |
| indictment | the act of accusing |
| indubitable | certain, not to be doubted or denied |
| intermittent | stopping and beginning again, sporadic |
| moot | open to discussion and debate, unresolved |
| motif | a principal idea, feature, theme or element |
| neophyte | a new convert, beginner, novice |
| perspicacity | keenness in observing and understanding |
| plenary | complete in all aspects; attended by all qualified members |
| surveillance | a watch kept over a person |
| sylvan | pertaining to or characteristic of forests |
| testy | easily irritated |
| travesty | a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex |