| A | B |
|---|
| Palpable | readily seen or heard; touchable |
| Debacle | Disaster, failure |
| Haversack | Knapsack; lunch carrier (similar to a lunch bag) |
| Droll | A humorous or odd quality |
| Taint | contaminate |
| Agility | Ability to move quickly and easily |
| Ennui | boredom |
| Opaqueness | Lacking transparency; dullness (hard to see through) |
| Indolently | lazily; slothfully |
| Amenities | pleasant features; courtesies |
| Ardent | Characterized by warmth of feeling |
| Futile | useless (A "futile" attempt, a "useless" attempt) |
| eludes | to escape the notice of (to get away without being seen) |
| stamina | Vigor, endurance |
| Condone | to overlook or forgive |
