| A | B |
| nirvana | a condition of great peace or happiness |
| salutary | healthful; wholesome |
| despicable | contemptible; hateful |
| harlequin | a clown |
| empathy | an understanding of another's feelings |
| brevity | briefness; short duration |
| savant | a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar |
| obsequious | excessively submissive or overly attentive |
| redundant | repetitious; using more words than needed |
| offal | garbage; waste parts |
| hoi polloi | the common people; the masses |
| sentiment | conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving |
| impinge | to encroach; to trespass |
| cataract | a large waterfall |
| animosity | hatred |