| A | B |
| palpable | easily felt or touched |
| indolently | lazily |
| disarming | removing or lessening suspicions or fear |
| amenities | comforts and conveniences |
| imprudent | unwise |
| scruples | feelings of doubt or guilt about a suggested action |
| solicitously | in a concerned manner |
| opiate | anything that tends to sooth or calm someone |
| deplorable | regrettable; very bad |
| precariously | unsteadily; in an unstable manner |
| annihilate | destroy; wipe out |
| expendable | worth sacrificing to gain an objective |
| teeming | swarming; overflowing |
| paradox | something that has or seems to have contradictory qualities |
| resilient | elastic; able to return to the original shape quickly after being stretched or compressed |
| remit | give back payment |
| undulate | move in waves |
| revoke | cancel; withdraw |
| primeval | primitive; of the earliest times |
| subliminal | below the level of consciousness |