| A | B |
|---|
| meticulous | very careful about small details; very neat |
| testily | easily irritated; impatient; snappish |
| pensive | thoughtful in a serious or sad way |
| quizzical | questioning; puzzled |
| maverick | an independent person who does not go along with the group |
| sinewy | tough; stringy |
| formidable | dreadful; fearful; threatening |
| caravan | group of travelers banded together for safety |
| inaccessible | not easily reached |
| glowered | stared with anger; glared |
| transfixed | made motionless, as if in amazement |
| listless | seeming too tired to care about anything |
| rivet | fix firmly; fasten firmly |
| disfigurement | spoil the appearance of; hurt the beauty of |
| discourse | a long written or spoken discussion of some subject |
| wizened | withered; shriveled; dried up |
| wary | cautious; careful; to be on one's guard against danger |
| malevolent | wishing evil to others; hateful; spiteful; showing ill will |
| falter | hesitate; waiver; lose courage; stumble |
| chignon | a knot of hair worn at the back of the neck |
| languid | a synonym of listless; feeling weak and without energy |
