| A | B |
|---|
| permanence | the quality or condition of being permanent |
| untrammeled | unrestrained |
| staccato | expressed in a brief, pointed manner; marked by or composed of abrupt parts or sounds |
| mortification | feeling of shame, humiliation, or wounded pride |
| furtive | characterized by stealth |
| purloined | to steal, often in a violation of trust |
| impertinence | conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility |
| duress | constraint by threat; coercion |
| squalid | dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care |
| inevitable | impossible to avoid or prevent |
| sordid | filthy or dirty; foul; depressingly squalid; wretched |
| stolidly | having or revealing little emotion or sensibility |
| fatalistic | the doctrine that all events are predetermined by fate and are therefore unalterable |
| feral | existing in a wild or untamed state |
| tenet | an opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by a person or especially by an organization |
| temerity | foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness |
| impudent | characterized by offensive boldness; insolent or impertinent |
| volition | the act or instance of making a conscious choice or decision |
| mollified | to calm in temper or feeling; soothe |
| elucidate | to make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify |
