| A | B |
| guile | craftiness; deceit; cunning |
| proffer | to offer |
| seraphic | angelic |
| amorphous | shapeless; of no particular form; not organized |
| decorum | proper action, speech, and dress; good manners and behavior |
| protege | someone whose welfare or career is guided and helped by a more influential |
| sanguine | naturally cheerful and hopeful; confident; having a ruddy complexion |
| doggerel | badly written or trivial verse, often with a singsong rhythm |
| ascetic | a person who practices unusual self-denial or |
| facile | easily done; performing or working with ease; not sincere or profound; superficial |