| A | B |
| insidious | intended to entrap or trick |
| contemptuous | disdainful |
| ineffable | indescribable |
| ramifications | consequences |
| contingencies | unseen possibilities |
| laudable | praiseworthy; commendable |
| debauch | an uninhibited spree or party |
| antecedent | a preceding circumstance, event, object |
| ingratiate | to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others by deliverate effort |
| dilatory | tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy |
| desolate | barren or laid waste; devastated; uninhabited; solitary; lonely |
| elusive | hard to express or define; cleverly or skilfully evasive |