| A | B |
| hovel | a small, wretched, and often dirty house |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| cynical | based on or reflecting a belief that human conduct is motivated primarily by self-interest |
| centennial | a 100th anniversary or its celebration |
| benevolent | having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others |
| accentuate | to make (something) more prominent or noticeable |
| vitality | a lively and animated character |
| ultimatum | something that someone insists upon having |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices |
| qualm | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| prose | the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing |
| transpose | alter the sequence of |
| tangent | diverging from an original purpose or course |