| A | B |
|---|
| discreetly | showing good judgement; capable of observing prudent silence |
| thrash | to move about violently |
| synchronize | to occur or cause to occur at the same instant |
| chaos | complete disorder |
| obscure | dim, gloomy; not readily understood |
| dispel | to drive away by scattering |
| dissonance | lack of agreement or harmony |
| brusque | curt, blunt, abrupt |
| placebo | an inert medication used for its psychological effect or for purposes of comparison in an experiment |
| perplexity | to disturb mentally, especially confuse |
| petulant | marked by capricous ill humor |
| respite | a temporary delay; an interval of rest or relief |
| diffusion | a diffusing or a being diffused; movement of particals (as of a gas) |
| inviolable | safe from violation or profantion |
| triviality | of little importance |
| mirthless | gladness or gaiety accompanied with laughter |
| emphatically | uttered with emphasis |
| patronizing | to be a customer of; to treat condescendingly, haughtily, or coolly |
| imbed | to enclose closely in a surrounding mass |
| engulfing | to flow over and enclose |
| slander | a false report, maliciously uttered and tending to injure the reputation of a person |
| meticulous | extremely careful in attending to details |
| infidelity | lack of belief in a religion; unfaithfulness, disloyalty |
| imperceptible | not perceptible, especially too slight to be perceived |
