| A | B |
| stout | corpulent, fat |
| benevolent | compassionate |
| lest | in case |
| mincing | dainty |
| comrades | friends |
| confinements | child birth |
| resolution | determination, resolve |
| dissentient | person who differs in opinion, ex: against government |
| enmity | hatred |
| preeminent | standing out among others |
| vivacious | lively and high spirited |
| expounded | to explain and describe something |
| apathy | lack of interest in anything |
| disheartened | loss of hope and enthusiasm |
| gamboled | leap or skip happily |
| stove | to break or crush |
| implements | tools |
| acute | very great |
| doled | to distribute something as charity |
| parasitical | living off a host, usually causing it harm |
| capacity | maximum productivity |
| shirked | to avoid something |
| cryptic | ambiguous or obscure |
| indefatigable | untiring |
| faculty | abilty |
| maxim | general rule |
| perpetually | forever |
| tractable | docile, easily to control |
| irrepressible | not able to be controlled |
| ignominious | shameful |
| exploits | exciting actions in an event |
| impromptu | not planned |
| posthumously | occurring after someone's death |