| A | B |
|---|
| succinct | clearly and briefly stated or concise |
| prattle | to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner or to talk foolishly |
| swagger | to walk around in a proud |
| cantankerous | bad-tempered or quarrelsome |
| austere | having great economy or showing self-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries |
| shrewd | insightful or clever |
| negligible | able or likely to be neglected or bypassed due to smallness or unimportance |
| novel | new |
| itinerant | wandering about or tending to move around |
| circumspect | careful and cautious before acting |
| mitigate | to make or become less severe or to lessen pain or damage |
| amiable | friendly or kind |
| disputatious | likely to dispute or argue |
| benevolent | giving freely and easily to others or charitable |
| frugal | careful with money or thrifty or not costly |
| conflagration | a huge fire or an inferno |
| labyrinth | a maze from which it is very hard to extricate (free) oneself |
| detrimental | harmful |
| castigate | to scold or punish severely |
| indolent | lazy or not wanting to do any work |
