| A | B |
| Philanthropy | Love to mankind; donating to charity |
| Tentative | experimental; temporary; uncertain |
| Deference | submission to another's will; respect; courtesy |
| Vacillate | to be indecicisive; to waver back and forth |
| Fervor | passion |
| Dispassionate | without passion; objective; neutral |
| Pragmatic | practical; down-to-earth; based on experience rather than theory |
| Rigorous | strict; harsh; severe |
| Solemn | serious; grave |
| Alleviate | to lessen; ;to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable |