| A | B |
| effusion | pouring forth; an unrestrained expression of feeling in talking or writing |
| querulous | complaining; faultfinding; peevish |
| indulgent | very lenient; not strict enough; making allowances |
| affront | an open, intentional insult; to insult openly; to offend |
| propitious | favorable; favorably inclined |
| munificent | extremely generous; very liberal and lavish in giving |
| guffaw | a loud or coarse burst of laughter; a horselaugh; to laugh loudly or coarsely |
| capitulated | to surrender on certain terms; to give up; to yield; to stop resisting |
| buffoon | a person who amuses people with tricks, pranks, and jokes; a clown |
| magnanimous | noble in spirit; generous in forgiving; unselfish; rising above petty, mean concerns |