| A | B |
| alliance | a joining together for some common purpose |
| alliance | synonyms: pact, league, coalition; antonyms: rift, split |
| bewilder | to puzzle completely, confluse |
| bewilder | synonyms: baffle, perplex; antonyms: set straight, enlighten |
| buffoon | a clown; a coarse, stupid person |
| buffoon | synonyms: jester, fool |
| controversial | arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement |
| controversial | synonyms: arguable, debatable |
| dishearten | to discourage |
| dishearten | synonyms: to dismay, demoralize, dispirit; antonyms: encourage, hearten |
| fruitless | not producing desired results; unsuccessful |
| fruitless | synonyms: useless, vain, unproductive, futile; antonyms: productive, effective |
| hostile | unfriendly, unfavorable, warlike, aggressive |
| hostile | antonyms: friendly, cordial, peaceful |
| inflammable | easily set on fire; esily angered or aroused |
| inflammable | synonyms: combustible, flammable, excitable; antonyms: fireproof, fire-resistant, calm |
| inflict | to give or cause something unpleasant |
| inflict | synonyms: deal out, visit upon; antonyms: suffer, undergo, sustain |
| malignant | deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious |
| malignant | sunonyms: lethal, wicked; antonyms: wholesome, beneficial, benign |
| mortify | to hurt someone's feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering |
| mortify | synonyms: humiliate, embarrass, abash |
| orthodox | in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things |
| orthodox | synonyms: traditional, standard, customary; antonyms: unusual, unconventional, heretical |
| procure | to obtain through special effort; to bring about |
| procure | synonyms: gain, acquire, achieve |
| scurry | to run quickly, scamper, hurry |
| scurry | synonyms: rush, dash, scramble; antonyms: trudge, plod, creep, crawl |
| sodden | soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull, spiritless, listless |
| sodden | synonyms: drenched, waterlogged, saturated; antonyms: parched, arid |
| spirited | full of life and vigor; courageous |
| spirited | synonyms: lively, animated, gallant; antonyms: lifeless, dull, lackluster |
| virtual | having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing |
| virtual | synonyms: functioning as, equivalent to |
| void | completely empty; having no legal force or effect; empty or unfilled space; to cancel or nullify |
| void | synonyms: invalid, vacant, bare; antonyms: in effect, teeming with; confirm |
| wayward | disobedient, willful, unpredictable, capricious |
| wayward | synonym: perverse; antonyms: docile, well-behaved, predictable |
| wince | to draw back suddently, as though in pain or fear; the act of drawing back in this way |
| wince | synonyms: flinch, sudder, recoil |