| A | B |
|---|
| floundering | awkward struggling; bumbling - succeeding |
| licentious | lacking moral restraint; promiscuous - chaste |
| quandary | state of uncertainty; dilemma; bewilderment - solution |
| summarily | promptly and without formality; immediately - hesitantly |
| myriad | countless; inmeasureable - measureable |
| garrulous | talking too much; chatty - untalkative |
| apparition | act of appearing or becoming visible; spirit |
| desolate | forlorn; wretched; abandoned - populated |
| predilection | preexisting preference; inclination - disinterest |
| tantalized | tormented; frustrated; enticed - repulsed |
| adamant | firm; unyielding; inflexible - flexible |
| ameliorate | to make better; alleviate - worsen |
| nascent | coming into existence; budding - withering |
| somnolent | sleepy; drowsy; tired - alert |
| effaced | erased; wiped out; deleted - inserted |
| imperious | urgent; imperative; commanding - fawning |
| fortuitous | fortunate; lucky - intentional |
| ravenous | extremely eater or hungry; starved - satisfied |
| calumny | false accusation; slander; defamation - praise |
| incredulously | skeptically; disbelievingly - believingly |
| blanched | whitened; paled; briefly submerged in water |
| retaliation | the act of returning an injury or wrong; reciprocation |
| imperceptible | almost unnoticable; inconspicuous - noticable |
