| A | B |
| amenity | an attractive feature or convenience |
| criterion | basis or standard for judgement |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for poetic effect |
| integrity | moral soundness, uprightness |
| intuition | instinctive knowledge |
| nonchalance | indifference, unconcern |
| optimism | tendency to expect the best |
| pertinacity | stubborn, perseverence |
| pessimism | tendency to expect the worst |
| rapacity | violence or greed, eagerness for plunder |
| clandestine | secret, stealthy |
| coherent | sticking together, connected |
| compatible | capable of being harmonized |
| concomitant | happening at the same time, concurrent |
| crucial | supremely important or decisive, severe |
| deleterious | harmful to health, injurious |
| impervious | impenetrable, unaffected by |
| iridescent | glistening with colors |
| peremptory | absoulte, unconditional |
| specious | deceptive, plausible |