| A | B |
| a sudden and unexpected piece of good fortune | windfall |
| yielded or submitted to an overpowering force | succumbed |
| having physical strength | stalwart |
| a humble or earnest plea | supplication |
| courteous respect | deference |
| stubbornness | obstinacy |
| watchfulness | vigilance |
| interpreting signs or omens | augury |
| a vagrant or social outcast | derelict |
| incapable of appeasement | implacable |
| causing or involving disaster | calamitious |
| criticize or reprove sharply | rebuke |
| brillant | resplendent |
| to pretend | feign |
| to show contempt or scorn | flout |
| treacherous cunning; craftiness | guile |
| boldness or daring | audacity |
| robbed of goods by force | plundered |
| shrill and clear | clarion |
| priority; going in advance | precedence |