| A | B |
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| acrid | bitter, embittered, hard, rancorous, resentful, sore |
| anticipate | expect, await, hope (for), watch (for) |
| billow | bag, balloon, bulge, overhang, pouch, protrude, swell |
| cavalier | arrogant, presuming, uppity, superior |
| convey | conduct, communicate, give, impart, spread, transfer, |
| cavity | dent, depression, dint, hollow, indentation, indenture, |
| crave | covet, desire, hanker, yearn, yen, wish for |
| edifice | cathedral, hall, palace, tower |
| frivolous | foolish, unimportant, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, minor, minute, negligible, slight, small, small-fry, trifling, trivial |
| intemperate | abandoned, rampant, raw, runaway, unbounded, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrolled, unhampered, unhindered, unrestrained |
| judicious | intelligent, judgmatic (or judgmatical), discreet, prudent |
| mandatory | compulsory, forced, imperative, incumbent, involuntary, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, |
| orator | lecturer, speaker |
| ponderus | arid, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monochromatic, monotonous, numbing, old, pedestrian, boring, slow, stale, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying |
| predator | bloodsucker, buzzard, harpy, kite, shark, vampire, vulture, wolf |
| protuberance | bunch, convexity, jut, overhang, projection, protrusion, bulge, swell |
| quagmire | dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, j, jam, mire, pickle, predicament, rabbit hole, spot, swamp |
| recollect | flash back (to), hark back (to), harken back (to), hearken back (to), mind [chiefly dialect], recall, remember, reminisce (about), reproduce, think (of) |
| scathing | acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordant, pungent, sardonic, satiric (or satirical), scalding, sarcastic, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart |
| tycoon | baron, captain, czar (also tsar or tzar), king, lion, lord, mogul, monarch, Napoleon, prince, magnate |
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