| A | B |
|---|
| obtuse | Slow in comprehension; block-headed |
| astute | Shrewd; clever; keen |
| abstruse | Hard to understand |
| candor | Frankness; sincere honesty |
| affinity | A natural attraction; kinship |
| melancholy | Depression of spirits; gloomy |
| assuage | To soothe; to lessen; to make less severe |
| fortuitous | Occurring by accident or chance |
| guile | Craft, cunning, deceitfulness; artfulness |
| emulate | To attempt to equal or surpass; especially through imitation |
| nepotism | Giving jobs or showing favors to one's relatives |
| parry | To ward off a blow; to turn aside; to evade |
| fickle | Often changing for no reason; not loyal or consistent |
| rudimentary | Basic, crude, undeveloped; fundamental principles or skills |
| exhume | To dig up from a grave; to uncover |
| truculent | Inclined toward conflict; eager to fight |
| supplant | To take the place of |
| accolade | An award, honor, praise |
| laconic | Brief, using few words |
| lassitude | Listlessness; weariness |
| myriad | An extremely large number |
| queue | To form or to wait in line |
| quixotic | Idealistic and totally impractical |
