| A | B |
| vehemently | passionately;powerfully;fervidly |
| articulate | able to speak;expressing oneself clearly or effectively |
| melancholy | a depression of spirits;dejection;sadness |
| umbrage | resentful displeasure; personal offense |
| rectitude | straightness;righteousness |
| interdict | prohibition; an order forbidding something to be done |
| palliation | reduction of violence;moderation of the intensity of |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| undulate | to form or move in waves;fluctuate |
| propensities | natural inclinations; leanings |
| altercation | a noisy or angry dispute |
| austere | stern and forbidding in appearance and manner;somber;grave |