| A | B |
| kindle | (v) to start a fire; to inspire |
| laconic | (adj) concise, using few words |
| malevolent | (adj) spiteful, showing ill will |
| nebulous | (adj) vague, confused, indistinct |
| paltry | (adj) trifling, insignificant; mean, despicable |
| ratify | (v) to approve formally; to verify |
| sagacious | (adj) keen; shrewd; having insight |
| tacit | (adj) unspoken, silent; implied, inferred |
| ultimate | (adj) most remote in space or time; extreme; last in consequence |
| vacillate | (v) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another |