| A | B |
| tumult (n) | a loud confused noise |
| mien (n) | a person's look or manner |
| fastidious (adj) | very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail |
| ostentation (n) | pretentious and vulgar display |
| pliancy (n) | the quality or state of being easily bent or flexed. |
| satirical (adj) | containing or using satire (a type of humor used to criticize) |
| insipidity (n) | quality of being without interest or lacking taste |
| impertinent (adj) | not showing proper respect; rude |
| stricture (n) | a sternly critical or censorious remark or instruction |
| intrepidity (n) | fearlessness, adventurousness |