| A | B |
|---|
| prevalent | widely existing |
| melancholy | sad; gloomy |
| avarice | greed |
| dauntless | fearless |
| pervaded | spread or diffused throughout |
| decorum | propriety and good taste |
| veracious | honest; truthful |
| venerable | worthy of respect or reverence, usually by reason of age or dignity |
| delusion | false belief or opinion |
| impartial | favoring no one side or party more than another; fair |
| retribution | repayment for good deeds or punishment for evil done |
| moiety | half; either of two equal, or more or less equal, parts |
| garrulous | talking much or too much, especially about unimportant things |
| reminiscence | memory or recollection |
| earnestness | seriousness; sincerity |
| impropriety | improper behavior |
| malevolence | spitefulness; ill will |
| amicable | friendly; showing good will |
| commiseration | condolence or sympathy |
| philanthropy | desire to help humankind, as demonstrated by charitable acts |
| demeanor | outward behavior; conduct |
| loitered | lingering |
| transients | people who stay at a place for only a short time before moving on |
| intermittently | stopping and starting again at intervals |
| poignantly | in an emotionally touching manner |
| chivalric | having noble, gallant, or courteous qualities |
| solicitously | in a manner showing care, attention, or concern |
| morbid | unhealthy; showing a tendency to dwell on gloomy matters |
| futility | uselessness |
| captious | quick to find fault |
