| Term | Definition |
| elation | celebration |
| pertubation | feeling alarm or agitation |
| malicious | intentionally hurtful |
| reserve | self-restrained |
| petulance | irritability, impatience |
| mirth | joyfulness |
| divergence | variance, difference |
| turbulence | wild disorder |
| ludicrous | absurd |
| plaintive | expressing sadness |
| abate | to lessen |
| abdicate | to give up responsibility for |
| abhor | to hate, scorn |
| abominable | disgusting |
| abrasion | scrape |
| abstinence | staying away |
| abyss | gulf or void too deep for measurement |
| acquiesce | to agree or accept quietly |
| acrid | bitter, irratating |
| acrimonious | bitter, harsh |