| A | B |
| Conscientious | Painstaking; particular |
| Reciprocal | Matching; complementary |
| Complacent | Often without awareness of some potential danger or defect |
| Contiguous | uninterrupted |
| Facet | side |
| Interpose | To step in between parties at variance |
| Apathetic | Indifferent or unresponsive |
| Innuendo | An indirect comment about a person or thing |
| Erroneous | Mistaken |
| Vehement | Strongly emotional |
| Cordial | Courteous and gracious |
| Impetuous | impulsive |
| Fluctuate | To change continually |
| Elicit | To draw or bring out or forth |
| Denizen | A resident |
| Suppress | To do away with |
| Innumerable | Incapable of being counted |
| Reproach | To blame |
| Obstinate | Stubborn |
| Laudable | Praiseworthy |
| Dilatory | Slow |
| Tentative | Not definite or positive |
| Formidable | Powerful |
| Incoherent | Rambling |
| Forlorn | Unhappy or miserable |
| Laden | Burdened |
| Surmise | Guess |
| Superfluous | Excessive |
| Elocution | A person’s manner or speaking or reading aloud in public |
| In cahoots | in league or conspiracy with |