| A | B |
| Milieu | The setting, surroundings, environment |
| Judicious | Using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible |
| Shiftless | Lazy, lacking in ambition and energy, inefficient. |
| Quirk | A peculiar way of acting; a sudden twist or turn. |
| Belated | Late, tardy |
| Delve | To dig; to search deeply and thoroughly into |
| Impart | To make known, tell; to give, pass something on |
| Overbearing | Domineering, haughty, bullying |
| Taint | A stain or spot; a mark of corruption or dishonor |
| Conventional | In line with accepted ideas or standards; trite |
| Mediate | To bring about an agreement between persons or groups |
| Taint | A stain or spot, a mark of corruption or dishonor. |
| Regale | To feast, entertain agreeably |
| Appease | To make calm, soothe, to relieve, satisfy |
| Calamitous | Causing great misfortune |
| Gallantry | Heroic courage; respect and courtesy |
| Outlandish | Strange, freakish, weird, foreign-looking |
| Pert | High-spirited, lively, bold, saucy; jaunty |
| Decoy | To lure into a trap; A person or thing used to lure into a trap. |
| Cite | To quote; to mention; to summon to appear in court. |