| A | B |
| apathy | Since 9/11 we can not afford --- in regards to terrorism in America. |
| appease | The old woman could not be ---(ed) with the offer of a new rose bush after her neighbor's dog had dug up her prize winning fifty year old Ameican Beauty bush. |
| contentious | No one wants to live next door to a ---neighbor where there would never be peace. |
| contrite | Flowers and candy showed how ---the young man was for standing up his date. |
| dispassionate | A doctor must not appear too --- when telling a patient of a terminal illness; he should at least show concern. |
| disputatious | The teacher had made a reputation for being ---; all of his students knew he loved to argue. |
| exacerbate | Don't join in someone else's argument. Siding with one side will only tend to --- the problem with the other side. |
| execrate | Mercucio intended to --- both the house of Montague and the house of Capulet. |
| fulsome | Sadam Hussine's "apology" to the people of Kuwait after the war was --- and unbelievable. |
| initiate | Be careful in college accepting an invitation to be ---(ed) into a sorority or fraternity. These can be very expensive to join with high dues every year. |