| A | B |
| Pomp | 1.Show of Magnificence 2. Ostentatious display |
| skulk | 1. To move in a stealthy or furtive manner 2. To hide or conceal something (as oneself) often out of cowardice or fear or with sinister intent |
| effervescent | 1. Bubbling, hissing, and foaming as gas escapes 2. Lively or exhilarate |
| contraband | 1. Illegal or prohibited traffic in goods 2. goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden |
| pacify | To calm; to satisfy |
| derelict | 1. abandoned especially by the owner or occupant 2. lacking in sense of duty |
| Apostate | one who has religious faith or abandoned a previous loyalty |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions |
| flagrant | so obviously inconsistent with what is right or proper as to appear to be a flouting of law or mortality |
| indifference | the quality, state or fact of being in different: 1. that does not matter one way or the other 2. of no importance one way or the other |
| tarry | 1. to delay or be tardy in axting or doing 2. to stay in or at a place |
| flexible | 1. capable of being bent without breaking 2.characterized by a ready capabilityto adapt to new, different, or changing requirments |