| A | B |
| egregious | out of the group; outstandingly bad |
| antipathy | feeling against someone or something; dislike |
| empathy | feeling the same thing as someone else |
| diffident | lack of faith in oneself, lack of confidence |
| fidelity | loyalty; faithfulness |
| infidelity | unfaithfulness |
| perfidious | treacherous, untrustworthy |
| elucidate | to make clear, clarify |
| lucid | clear, readily understood |
| pellucid | very clear, transparent |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light |
| acrid | unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor |
| acrimonious | full of spite, bitter, nasty |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| acumen | mental sharpness |
| acute | a sharp angle; very keen |
| exacerbate | to sharpen or aggravate a conflict, inflame |
| affluent | to flow in abundance, wealthy |
| confluence | to flow together, convergence |
| superfluous | to flow above, hence exceeding what is necessary |
| complacent | to be so calm as to be self-satisfied; smug |
| implacable | incapable of being calmed, relentless |
| placate | to calm the anger of |
| root: "flu" | flow |
| root: "plac" | calm |
| root: "acri"/"acer" | very sharp |
| root: "luc" | light |
| root: "greg" | group |
| root: "fid" | faith |