| A | B |
|---|
| Apathy | lack of interest or emotion |
| Capitulated | gave up all resistance |
| Conciliatory | showing good will; peace-making |
| Controversies | disputes |
| Cynical | bitterly mocking |
| Emboldened | encouraged; made brave |
| Falter | waiver in confidence; hesitate; fail |
| Filial | befitting a son or a daughter |
| Ignominious | disgraceful; shameful |
| Impromptu | not rehearsed; at the spur of the moment |
| Indefatigable | untiring; restless |
| Inebriates | drunkards |
| Irrepressible | impossible to control or restrain |
| Lurking | exist concealed or unsuspected |
| Obstinate | stubbornly inflexible |
| Perpetually | continually |
| Posthumously | after one’s death |
| Retinue | those accompanying a person of rank |
| Shrewd | astute; clever |
| Simultaneously | happening at the same time |
| Solemnly | seriously; deeply earnest |
| Superannuated | retired because of age or infirmity |
| Tyranny | absolute power usually used unjustly or cruelly |
| Vivacious | lively; spirited |
