| A | B |
| deluge | a great flood of something-noun(n) |
| brunt | shock/stress of an attack-noun(n) |
| quash | to set aside or annul-transitive verb (vt.) |
| stance | position of person or animal-noun(n) |
| breach | violation or infraction-noun(n) |
| foil | to keep from being successful;to thuart-transitive verb (vt.) |
| tepid | lukewarm-adjective(adj.) |
| laud | to praise-transitive verb(vt.) |
| extol | to praise lavishly; to laud-transitive verb(vt.) |
| niche | place, employment, or activity-noun(n) |