| A | B |
| Parried | to turn aside; evade or dodge |
| Smoldering | burning with little smoke and no flame |
| Grotesque | bizarre; distorted |
| Manifest | show; reveal |
| Juggernaut | any large, overpowering, destructive force or object |
| Pedant | a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details. |
| Pyre | a pile of combustible materials for burning a corpse |
| Incessant | Going on without stopping; seemingly never-ending |
| Concede | To admit strongly that something is true; to give up |
| Intercede | To ask or plead with on behalf of another |
| CED, CES | "to go, to yield” |