| A | B |
| congenial | pleasant or friendly in character |
| flippant | disrespectful and not serious enough |
| impasse | a situation with no way out; a dead end |
| perception | an observation or insight |
| prompt | to urge into action |
| prone | having a tendency to do something |
| rapport | type of relationship that is close, trusting, or sympathetic |
| rationale | logical reason for something |
| relentless | persistent, continuous |
| reprisal | the paying back of one bad deed with another |
| benign | kindly, gentle |
| blasé | unexcited or bored about something already experienced repeatedly |
| comprise | to consist of |
| condescend | to do something one feels is beneath oneself |
| facade | the front of a building |
| glib | insincere or thoughtless |
| haughty | arrogant, snobbish |
| libel | the publishing of false information that harms another person's reputation |
| pseudonym | a fasle name used by an author |
| redundant | wordy or repetitive |