| A | B |
| Audacity | (n.)—courage; boldness |
| Bane | (n.)—a source of misery; a person or thing that causes pain; poison |
| Cajole | (v.)—to coax, urge, or persuade with flattery |
| Capitulate | (v.)—to surrender; to give up; to yield |
| Condone | (v.)—to forgive or excuse; to tolerate |
| Conflagration | (n.)—a large fire |
| Cryptic | (adj.)—secret; hidden; mysterious |
| Didactic | (adj.)—instructive; intended to teach or instruct |
| Ennui | (n.)—boredom and discontent |
| Façade | (n.)—the front of a building; a false front or mask |
| Germane | (adj.)—relevant; apt; fitting |
| Indelible | (adj.)—unable to be erased or removed; permanent |
| Intercede | (v.)—to act or make a request on behalf of another person; interfere |
| Juxtapose | (v.)—to put side by side to compare and contrast |
| Loquacious | (adj.)—very talkative |
| Nullify | (v.)—to negate; to undo; to void; to cancel out |
| Precocious | (adj.)—prematurely advanced; extremely early in development |
| Succumb | (v.)—to yield; to die |
| Verbose | (adj.)—wordy; using too many words |
| Voracious | (adj.)—having a big appetite; very eager; greedy |