| A | B |
|---|
| outrage | offense, insult |
| adored | to love and admire greatly |
| gestured | to move one's hand, signal |
| illiterates | people who cannot read |
| ordeal | a great trial or problem; a test |
| searing | to dry out, parch through excessive heat |
| magnificent | grand, splendid, impressive |
| stress | emphasis, force, anxiety, or pressure |
| littered | garbage-filled, strewn with rubbish |
| hearth | fireplace, fireside, wood stove |
| ghastly | disgusting, putrid |
| emerging | coming out of, appearing |
| mingled | combined, joined |
| insistent | demanded, declare firmly |
| crouched | stooped, bend down |
| acrid | bitter, pungent, sour, harsh |
| vanished | disappeared |
| sedately | calmly, solemnly, quietly |
| accomplice | conspirator, associate, partner-in-crime |
| profoundly | with importance, strongly |
| revulsion | intense disgust, loathing, nausea |
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