| A | B |
| oculist | eye doctor |
| inarticulate | adj. produced without the normal sounds of understandable speech |
| intimations | N. Hints; indirect suggestions |
| caricature | N. an exaggerated picture of someone |
| imperious | adj. overbearing; arrogant; proud |
| acute | adj. severe; intense |
| vivacious | adj. lively |
| voluminous | adj. large; bulky |
| asperity | n. sharpness of temper; anger |
| nettled | adj. to irritate |
| temperance | n. moderation; self-restraint; not indulging too much |
| nonpluse | adj. to bewilder or confuse |
| feigned | adj. pretended; simulated; faked |
| compunction | n. feeling caused by sense of guilt; remorse |
| intractably | adv. stubbornly |
| glower | n. an angry stare |
| to disinter | v. to remove a body from its burial place |
| imipassively | adv. without showing emotion; calmly; serenely |
| paroxysm | n. a sudden outburst; a spasm |
| audible | adj. loud enough to be heard. |
| manipulates | v. handles; manages skillfully |
| simultaneously | adv. at the same time |
| trepidation | n. anxiety; fearful; uncertain |
| consummately | adv. very skillfully |
| transfixed | adj. to make motionless |
| groping | adj. a form of to grope meaning to feel around with the hands |
| resurrection | n. coming back to life |