| A | B |
| barely sufficient or satisfactory | adequate |
| hard to believe | incredible |
| lacking of feeling or emotion | apathy |
| showy | ostentatious |
| obviously harmful | detrimental |
| weight or credit in general opinion | prestige |
| pointlessly or annoyingly talkative | garrulous |
| unselfish in regard to the welfare to others | altruism |
| capable of being understood in two or more ways | ambiguous |
| to destroy the substance or force of | annihilate |
| firm adherence to a code, especially moral values | integrity |
| without charge or recompense; free | gratis |
| confusing or puzzling | baffle |
| unreasonable contempt of danger; recklessness | temerity |
| incapable of error | infallible |
| unable or unwilling to endure | intolerant |
| not reformable; delinquent | incorrigible |
| to set free from an obligation or consequence of guilt | absolve |
| causing little or no pain | indolent |
| greediness | avarice |