| A | B |
| motley | unusually varied or mixed |
| cognitive | related to knowledge or understanding |
| inviolate | secure against change or violation |
| desultory | lacking a fixed plan |
| counterintuitive | contrary to what one expects |
| prodigious | remarkably great, huge |
| conviction | a firmly held belief or opinion |
| implicit | understood but not directly stated |
| innate | possessed at birth |
| engender | to bring into existence |
| cohort | a companion or associate |
| malleable | able to be shaped or molded |
| spectrum | a wide range |
| thwart | to oppose or prevent someone from accomplishing something |