| A | B |
| ANNOYING | Disturbing or irritating |
| ASSIMILATION | Process of being absorbed into culture; acculturation |
| COPING | Relating to a means or way of adjusting to situations |
| CONFORMITY | Action in accordance with some specified standard or authority |
| HYPOCRISY | The practice of pretending to be better than you actually are; dishonesty |
| MECHANISM | The means by which something is accomplished; device |
| NORM | Standard; what is expected; model |
| NUANCE | Subtle distinction or variation; nicety; overtone |
| PSYCHE | Mind or soul |
| RESORT | Turn to; have recourse; to stoop down |
| ACCOMPANY | To help; aid |
| ASSUMPTION | Something that is taken for granted; belief |
| CHRYSALIS | The hard outer case of the pupa of an insect; a transitional state |
| EMBLEM | A sign or symbol that identifies something |
| FOREORDAINED | Predestined; assured |
| INGENIOUS | Clever; inventive |
| ISSUE | Come into sight; emerge |
| OBSOLETE | Outdated; behind the times |
| UNDERESTIMATE | To minimize; to value something too low |
| YOKE | Something that binds or enslaves a person; bondage |