| A | B |
|---|
| Hearken | listen |
| Acute | sensitive |
| Dissimulation | hiding of one's feelings or purposes |
| Profound | intellectually deep; getting to the bottom of the matter |
| Sagacity | high intelligence and sound judgment |
| Deathwatches | wood-boring beetles whose heads make a tapping sound superstitiously regarded as an omen of death |
| Crevice | a narrow opening |
| Scantlings | small beams or timbers |
| Gesticulations | energetic hand or arm movements |
| Derision | contempt; ridicule |
| Dissemble | conceal under a false appearance; to conceal the truth of one's true feelings or motives |
| Foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing |
| Vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation |
| Dismembered | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members or parts |
| Vehemently | intensely emotional |
| Suppositions | hypothesis or idea |
