| A | B |
| ELUSIVE | hard to express or define; cleverly or skillfully evasive |
| DILATORY | ltending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy |
| ANTECEDENT | a preceding circumstance, event object, style, phenomenon |
| DEBAUCH | an uninhibited spree or party |
| REPOSE | peace; tranquillity; calm |
| LAUDABLE | deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable |
| INGRATIATE | to establish (oneself) in the favor or good opinion of others by deliberate effort |
| PERTURB | to throw into great discorder; derange; bother; annoy |
| INSIDIOUS | intended to entrap or trick |
| DESOLATE | barren or laid wast; devastated; deserted; silitary; lonely |