| A | B |
| confound | confuse; mix up; bewilder; defeat; thwart; conquer |
| contradict | say the opposite; deny; dispute; disagree with; challenge |
| lure | persuade by offering something that seems; pleasant; attract |
| resist | oppose; refuse to give in; avoid; survive |
| scheme | make a secret plan designed to cause harm, conspire; plot |
| use tricky tactics | methods used to bring something about plans; strategies |
| be defiant | confronting and challenging; deliberately disobedient; rebellious |
| be a nuisance | annoying person or thing; irritation; pain |
| claim to be supreme | above all others in power in pwer or authority; best; greatest |
| mutter | grumbel; complain; gripe; say something under one's breath |
| quiver | shake rapidly with small movements; tremble; shiver |
| repent | be sorry for what one has done; regret; ask for forgiveness |
| retreat | back away from danger or a confrontation; run away |
| rue | be remorseful; fell regret or sorrow for something in the past |
| shudder | shiver violently; vibrate; shake |
| submit | surrender; give in; yield; agree to |
| be banished | exiled from a place; driven out |
| be chastened | punished; reprimanded; censured; humbled by suffering |