| A | B |
|---|
| Adroit/Dexterous | deft or clever and skillful in using the hands or mind. |
| Acumen | quickness and keenness of judgment or insight |
| Prolific | very productive; producing great qualities |
| Reticent | inclined to keep silent; reserved |
| Staid | unemotional; serious |
| Cosmopolitan | worldly; widely sophisticated |
| Insular | isolated; narrow or provincial |
| Rectitude | moral uprightness; righteousness |
| Ignominy | great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct |
| Mendacious | lying; untruthful |
| Banal | drearily commonplace; predictable; trite |
| Maverick | one who is independent and resists adherence to a group |
| Diffidence | timidity or shyness |
| Belligerent | eager to fight; hostile or aggressive |
| Alacrity | brisk and cheerful readiness |
| Flippant | disrespectfully humorous or casual |
| Dilatory | habitually late |
| BEL | fight; war |
| DEXT | hand |
| RECT | right; rule |
| ACU | sharp |
