| A | B |
| tack | A policy or course of action, especially one that differs from a former course of action |
| caprice | A whim or fancy, or a sudden change of mind or action |
| vagary | An odd, eccentric, or whimsical idea or action |
| diversion | A turning aside, change of course, distraction, or amusement |
| diverge | To deviate, differ, or turn off from a track or course |
| digress | To turn away from the main subject in writing or speaking |
| vacillate | To be uncertain, waver, or fluctuate in thought or feeling. |
| volatile | Lively and lighthearted; or fickle and changeable |
| sublimate | To express impulses or drives in socially acceptable forms. |
| changeling | A child secretly exchanged for another in infancy |
| congeal | To freez, harden, solidify, or thicken. |
| conservative | Moderate and cautious; or tending to preserve established traditions and to oppose change |