| A | B |
| circumvent | go around; anticipate and evade or defeat by cleverness or deception |
| churlish | surly and ill-bred; selfish |
| diligence | painstaking attention to a task; careful effort |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| verity | truth; reality |
| edified | instructed and improved; enlightened |
| germane | relevant to the matter at hand; to the point |
| augury | foretelling the future by means of omens; an omen |
| palpable | that can be touched or felt; definite |
| felicity | happiness; joy |