| A | B |
| Amity | friendship |
| Animadversion | Critical or hostile comment |
| Antithetical | Being in direct or outspoken opposition |
| Bellicose | Inclined to quarrel; warlike |
| Bucolic | Of or relating to country life; rustice; pastoral |
| Craven | Lacking in courage |
| Exalt | To raise in rank, wealth or honor |
| Impugn | To attack as false; to call into question |
| Introspective | Inclined to look inward and examine one's feelings |
| Metier | Work or activity that one is suited to do |
| Penurious | Poverty; stingy |
| Privation | An instance or condition of extreme hardship; a lack of comfort |
| Sobriquet | A nickname |
| Tantamount | Equivalent to, the same as |
| Throes | Conditions of painful or difficult change; struggle or turmoil |