| A | B |
| obdurate | hardened in feelings |
| stolid | unemotional |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference |
| fetters | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| irrevocable | impossible to take away or undo |
| tumultuous | loud, excited, and emotional |
| sunder | to break apart |
| sham | cheap falseness, hypocrisy |
| denunciation | public charge of wrongdoing |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |