| A | B |
| Deference | respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion |
| Gesticulation | an animated or excited gesture. |
| Oscillating | to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does |
| Pivotal | of vital or critical importance |
| Accumulation | growth by continuous additions |
| Askew | to one side; crooked |
| Disconsolate | characterized by or causing dejection; cheerless; gloomy |
| Incessantly | unceasing, constant, continuous, |
| Lackadaisical | without interest, vigor, or determination; listless |
| Palatable | acceptable or agreeable to the taste |
| Ruinous | destructive; disastrous |
| Bedlam | a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion |