| A | B |
| Adroit | displaying physical or mental skill |
| Amicable | characterized by or done in friendliness |
| Averse | strongly opposed to or disliking something |
| Belligerent | hostile, ready to start a fight, or ready to go to war |
| Benevolent | showing kindness or goodwill; performing good or charitable acts |
| Cursory | done in a quick or superficial way |
| Duplicity | the fact of being deceptive |
| Extol | to praise somebody or something with great enthusiasm and admiration |
| Feasible | capable of being accomplished or put into effect; plausible |
| Grimace | contorted twisting of the face that expresses disgust or pain |
| Holocaust | complete consumption by fire; wholesale or mass destruction of any kind |
| Impervious | not letting something through; remaining unmoved by other people’s opinions or arguments |
| Impetus | provides energy or motivation to accomplish something or to undertake something |
| Jeopardy | the risk of loss or harm or death |
| Meticulous | extremely careful and precise |
| Nostalgia | a mixed feeling of happiness |
| Quintessence | the purest or most perfect example of something; the embodiment |
| Retrogress | to return to an earlier and usually worse condition |
| Scrutinize | to examine somebody or something closely and carefully |
| Tepid | lukewarm, showing little enthusiasm or warmth |