| A | B |
| raucous | noisy and disorderly |
| recalcitrant | disobedient to authority |
| redolent | having a fragrance specific to a source |
| redoubtable | arousing dread or fear |
| relevant | related to the matter at hand |
| sagacious | having wise judgement |
| satiate | to completely satisfy |
| scurrilous | joking in an abusive manner |
| soporific | causing sleep or drowsiness |
| sporadic | scattered, single instances |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| tantamount | equal in value or meaning |
| tautological | needlessly repeating the same idea in different words |
| tenuous | having little substance, shaky, uncertain |
| ubiquitous | seeming to be everywhere at the same time |
| utopian | ideal perfection |
| vagary | an unusual idea or action |
| vernal | of or relating to the spring |
| wily | full of trickiness, sly, crafty |
| zenith | a peak of achievement, a highest point |