| A | B |
| validity | founded on evidence or facts |
| implications | possible importance or significance |
| inexplicable | incapable of being explained |
| dispelled | driven away |
| taciturn | silent |
| incredulous | skeptical; unbelieving |
| naivete | lacking worldliness; innocence |
| uncanny | so keen and perceptive as to seem almost supernatural |
| disconsolately | hopelessly sadly |
| condescending | patronizingly |
| inherent | intrinsic; essential part of |
| aborginal | native; indigenous |
| buffoon | clown |
| mitigate | to make less severe or intense; moderate |
| braggadocio | plural:bragarts; swaggeringly arrogant people |