| A | B |
| extemporaneous | planned, rehearsed, prepared |
| languid | lively, energetic, bigorous, enlivening |
| slipshod | tidy, neat, orderly; careful. painstaking |
| rugged | smooth, flat; soft, mild; tender, delicate |
| impair | to improve, strengthen, promote, advance |
| skeptical | believing, credulous, gullible, ingenuous |
| adept | clumsy, unskilled, inept, maladroit; a novice |
| despicable | praiseworthy, commendable, meritorious |
| erroneous | accurate, correct, exact, unerring |
| bleak | rosy, cheerful, sunny; promising, encouragin |
| chide | to approve, praise, compliment, pat on the back |
| diminutive | oversized, gigantic, huge, enormous |
| emancipate | to enslave, snare, chain, shackle |
| invincible | culnerable, conquerable, surmountable |
| obtrusive | meek, reserved, deferential; recessed |
| preamble | a conclusion, ending, closing, epilogue |
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