| A | B | 
| levity | lightness of disposition; lack of seriousness | 
| hoax | a practical joke; a trick | 
| amicable | friendly; peaceful | 
| obstreperous | aggressively boisterous; stubborn and defiant | 
| enraptured | delighted beyond measure | 
| marital | having to do with measure | 
| bask | to expose oneself to pleasant warmth | 
| genial | friendly; amiable | 
| charlatan | one who pretends to have knowledge in order to swindle others | 
| mundane | commonplace; earthly and not spiritual | 
| fickle | likely to change on a whim or without apparent reason | 
| juggernaut | a terrible destructive or irresistible force | 
| naive | simple in outlook; not affected or worldly; especially innocent | 
| nocturnal | having to do with the night; occurring at night | 
| novice | a beginner; one who is inexperienced |