| A | B |
| banter | good humored, playful conversation |
| badinage | lightweight, witty conversation |
| repartee | conversation characterized by quick, witty replies |
| gingerly | careful, cautious manner |
| lambent | glowing, gleaming or flickering light or fire with soft radiance, twinklin |
| elucidate | make clear, explian, clarify |
| epiphany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight |
| diaphanous | light, delicate, translucent |
| benighted | pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance |
| vituperation | bitter and abusive language |
| fulminate | express vehement protest, rant |
| excoriate | critize severly |
| admonish | warn or reprimand someone firmly, rebuke |
| pontificate | express opinions in a pompous, dogmatic manner, sermonize |
| stentorian | loud and powerful |