| A | B |
| INCUMBENT | (n.) A person who holds an office at the current time; (adj.) Imposed as an obligation or duty, obligatory |
| CONSUMMATE | (v.) To bring to completion; (adj.) Being of the highest degree, perfect or supreme |
| PECUNIARY | (adj.) Relating to money |
| INCARCERATE | (v.) To imprison |
| DISARRAY | (n.) A state of disorder or confusion; (v.) To throw into confusion or disorder |
| MORDANT | (adj.) Biting; caustic; sarcastic |
| JOCULAR | (adj.) Given to or characterized by joking |
| PUSILLANIMOUS | (adj.) Cowardly |
| FLOTSAM | (n.) Floating refuse or debris |
| EXIGENCY | (n.) A crisis; An emergency; A pressing or urgent situation |
| BASTION | (n.) A group that defends a principle |
| FRENETIC | (adj.) Wildly excited or active; chaotic |
| LUDICROUS | (adj.) Laughable |
| GROUSE | (n.) A complaint or grievance; (v.) To grumble or complain |
| GLEAN | (v.) To collect bit by bit |
| ATROPHY | (n.) A wasting away, deterioration, or diminution; (v.) To waste away or deteriorate |
| STRATAGEM | (n.) Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage |
| RECUMBENT | (adj.) Lying down, especially in a position of comfort or rest; reclining |
| NETTLE | (n.) A plant covered with stinging hairs; (v.) To irritate, annoy, or provoke severely |
| PREPOSSESSING | (adj.) Serving to emphasize favorably; pleasing |
| CONCORD | (n.) Harmony |
| ASSEVERATE | (v.) To declare seriously or positively; affirm |