| A | B |
| auger | a tool for boring holes |
| contentious | argumentative; inclined to quarrel |
| denounce | to accuse formally |
| effrontery | brashness; shamelessness |
| forbidding | having a menacing appearance |
| gait | the speed of proceeding |
| immaculate | free from error |
| imperceptible | barely noticeable |
| inaudibly | not capable of being heard |
| probity | a complete honesty; integrity |
| prodigious | enormous |
| qualm | a doubt |
| remoreless | having no mercy or compassion |
| slovenly | untidy |
| sublime | supreme |
| transfix | to paralyze with horror or shock |
| undermine | weaken or damage |
| unintelligible | not able to be understood |