| A | B |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : DULL, MEDIOCRE |
| caustic | marked by direct sarcasm |
| reprimand | a severe or formal criticism |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision/bump |
| dupe | A person easily tricked |
| incipient | just beginning to exist |
| inadvertent | unintentional |
| ominous | being perceived as a threat or bad sign; foreshadowing |
| repudiate | to reject as untrue or unjust |
| bristle | to stiffen with fear or anger |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : STOP |
| stipulate | to specify as a condition or requirement (as of an agreement or offer) |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| condolence | sympathy with another in sorrow |
| mundane | characterized by the practical, transitory, and ordinary |
| incongruous | inconsistent within itself |