| A | B |
| apathy | lack of feeling, concern or interest |
| appall | fill with horror or dismay |
| asset | anything owned that has exchange value or is beneficial |
| cardinal | of principal importance |
| exclusive | excluding all others from participation |
| fiasco | complete or ridiculous failure |
| fractious | hard to manage |
| incapacitate | make incapable or unfit |
| invincible | incapable or being conquered, defeated or subdued |
| gusto | hearty or keen enjoymnet |
| obsess | excessively preoccupy the thoughts of |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive |
| perverse | willfully determined not to do what is right, reasonable or accepted |
| qualm | feeling of uneasiness, especially about a point of conscious or propriety |
| raze | level to the ground, tear down |
| resourceful | able to meet situations promptly and skillfully, capable of devising ways and means |
| selfless | devoted to others' welfare or interests rather than one's own |
| stupefy | overwhelm with amazement |
| taint | modify by, or as if by, a trace of something offensive |
| unqualified | without qualification |