| A | B |
| protract | prolonged in time or space |
| inadvisable | not advisable : not wise or prudent |
| topographical | of or relating to the art or practice of graphic delineation on maps |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| unjaded | Not made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience |
| jarring | having a harshly disagreeable or disconcerting effect |
| amble | to go at or as if at an amble : saunter |
| haunches | hindquarters |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| venting | to relieve oneself by venting something (as anger) |
| carcass | the decaying or worthless remains of a structure |
| sulked | to be moodily silent |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| mangled | to spoil, injure, or make incoherent especially through ineptitude |
| regression | reversion to an earlier mental or behavioral level |
| litany | a usually lengthy recitation or enumeration |
| recurrent | returning or happening time after time |
| palpable | easily perceptible : noticeable |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| excruciating | very intense : extreme |