| A | B |
| discordant | lacking harmony or agreement |
| prodigal | wasteful; lavish |
| vapid | not lively or interesting |
| reticent | not talking much; reserved |
| charlatan | A fraud, quack or imposter |
| extraneous | not necessary; not relevant |
| lassitude | a tired feeling from depression or too much work |
| adulate | to praise or flatter too greatly |
| pugnacious | eager to fight |
| vigilant | carefully alert and watchful |
| amend | to correct, change for the better |
| belie | to contradict or give a wrong impression |
| chronicle | to report; record in order |
| degrade | to lower in rank or dignity |
| elusive | evasive; hard to grasp |
| fallacious | false; misleading |
| galvanize | to stimulate by shock |
| haughtiness | pride; arrogance |
| indefatigable | tireless |
| lurid | wild; sensational; gruesome |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness; isolation |
| loquacious | talkative |
| mitigate | to appease; moderate |
| nullify | to make invalid; abolish |
| obsequious | slavishly attentive; fawning |
| partisan | one-sided; prejudiced |
| quiescent | at rest; dormant |
| refute | to disprove |
| apocryphal | untrue; made up |
| censorious | critical |
| arid | dry; barren |
| benign | kindly; not malignant |
| malignant | severe or progressively worsening |
| converge | to meet: to come together |
| raze | to destroy completely |