| A | B |
| frenzied | adj. wildly excited; frantic |
| haphazard | adj. left to chance; not planned; random |
| dubious | adj. causing doubt; uncertain; questionable |
| grueling | adj. exhausting; very tiring or annoying |
| unkempt | adj. not neat; neglected; untidy |
| volatile | adj. explosive; changeable; fickle |
| equation | n. a statement of equality; a process of making equal |
| essence | n. the fundamental nature of something; a defining feature; an extract of a substance |
| liability | n. something for which someone is legally responsible; a disadvantage or drawback; a debt |
| vanity | n. the quality of being vain or conceited |
| functional | adj. useful; practical; able to perform a function |
| paramount | adj. chief in importance; supreme; dominant |
| collaborate | v. to work together; to cooperate with the enemy |
| depict | v. to picture in words; to represent in picture or sculpture; to describe |
| transcribe | v. to produce a written or typed copy from another form, such as speech or shorthand notes |
| disrupt | v. to disturb or interfere with; to break apart |
| autonomous | adj. self-governing; independent |
| irksome | adj. annoying; irritating |
| virtual | adj. pertaining to something that exists in effect, though not in fact |
| reluctant | adj. not eager; unwilling |