| A | B |
| antagonism | n. state of being opposed or hostile to another; ant: frienldiness |
| ardent | adj. warm or intense in feeling;ant: cool, apathetic |
| arid | adj. having little or no rainfall; ant: lush, wet |
| assuage | v. to make less burdensome or less painful; ant: aggravate, exacerbate |
| embellish | v. to decorate or improve by adding details; dress up; ant: simplify |
| engender | v. to give rise to; or to give cause; to bring about; ant: terminate, kill |
| enigma | n. someone or something that is hard to figure out; a mystery |
| menagerie | n. a collection of animals that people can view |
| nostalgia | n. a bittersweet longing for the things of the past |
| obliterate | v. to do away with completely; to destroy; ant: preserve |