| A | B |
| Efflorescence | the state or a period of flowering |
| Enmity | a feeling of hostility or hatred |
| Decorous | dignified manners or character |
| Chorister | a member of a choir |
| Bastion | the projecting part of a fortification or wall |
| Hiatus | a break or interruption or missing part |
| Ebullience | high spirits or exhilaration |
| Recrimination | a countercharge |
| Tumult | violent uproar from a crowd or mob |
| Tirade | a long heated speech |
| Oppressive | unjustly harsh or tyrannical |
| Inscrutable | not easily understood or mysterious |
| Vicissitudes | ups and downs |
| Declivities | a downward slope |
| Tacit | implied or silent |
| Blatant | offensively obvious |
| Taboo | prohibited or unacceptable by society |
| Sinewy | stringy and tough |
| Malevolently | wishing evil or harm to others |
| Ludicrous | ridiculour or laughable |
| Ineffectual | not effective or futile |
| Jeer | to taunt or mock |
| Inarticulate | the inability to express oneself clearly |
| Leviathan | a huge sea monster |
| Clamor | loud noise or uproar from a crowd of people |
| Mutinously | rebellious revolt against authority |