| A | B |
|---|
| maladroit | inept, awkward |
| muted | toned down or silenced |
| paradigm | a very good example or model |
| perfidious | calculated to deceive; deceitful; treacherous |
| potable | something drinkable |
| redundant | repetitious, superfluous |
| retinue | a body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person |
| sinuous | bending in and out in a serpentine or wavy form |
| subjugate | to bring under one's control |
| totter | to stagger as if about to fall |
| usurp | to take possession or authority over something without right |
| vicarious | experienced through imagined participation in another's activity |
| woe | great sorrow, grief, or misfortune |
