| A | B |
| perfidy | n. the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal : TREACHERY |
| obstinate | adj. perversely adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion <obstinate resistance to change> |
| query | n. question, inquiry |
| lucrative | adj. producing wealth : PROFITABLE |
| gratuitous | adj. not called for by the circumstances : UNWARRANTED <gratuitous insolence> <a gratuitous assumption> |
| pseudonym | n. a fictitious name; especially : PEN NAME |
| stagnant | adj. Not flowing in a current or stream <stagnant water> b : STALE <long disuse had made the air stagnant and foul — Bram Stoker> 2 : not advancing or developing <a stagnant economy> |
| myriad | adj. : INNUMERABLE (countless) <those myriad problems>; also : both numerous and diverse <myriad topics> |
| vicarious | adj. Experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |