| A | B |
|---|
| bravado | a false show of courage or defiance |
| compassion | coupled the wish to relive it |
| degradation | a decline to a lower condition with loss of dignity |
| futile | having no useful result; without effect |
| impotent | fowerless; lacking strength or vigor |
| impoverished | poor |
| perverse | stubbornly contrary; wrong |
| poignantly | in a profoundly moving manner |
| squalor | a filthy and wretched condition |
| stoicism | indifference to pleasure or pain; not showing emotion |
