| A | B |
| austere | severe; without frills |
| expedite | to make faster or easier |
| heresy | an opinion violently opposed to establish beliefs |
| censure | to blame; to criticze |
| arbitrary | subject to individual judgment |
| solicit | to ask for; to seek |
| condescend | to talk down to |
| irrational | unreasonable; unpredictable |
| fallacious | false; untrue |
| intangible | abstract; not capable of being touched or felt |
| arrogant | acting superior to others; snooty |
| taciturn | quiet; saying little |
| compatible | able to co-exist; harmonious |
| dubious | doubtful |
| elusive | tough to catch; hard to pin down |
| compromise | to settle by concession or surrender |
| flagrant | shocking; outstandingly bad |
| static | not moving; stationary |
| ironic | satiric; unexpected |
| dogmatic | stubbornly opinionated |
| facillitate | to make easier; to help |
| frivolous | not serious; trivial; silly |
| exhaustive | thorough; complete |
| infamous | notorious; scandalous |
| authoritarian | like a dictator |