| A | B |
| adept | very skillful; adroit |
| arduous | very difficult to accomplish |
| empathetic | very compassionate; very sympathetic |
| assiduous | very diligent; very persistent |
| furtive;clandestined | very secretive; very stealthy |
| contemplative | very thoughtful; meditative; pensive |
| trepidation | great fear |
| destitute | very poor; indigent |
| distraught; inconsolable | very distressed; very worried |
| despicable | vile; beyond contempt |
| exasperated | very irritated; very annoyed |
| ecstatic; exuberant; elated; euphoric | feeling great happiness |