| A | B |
| Wry | twisted, turned to ones side cleverly and often very grimly humorous |
| Disheartening | to discourage |
| Fortify | strengthen; build up |
| Wistfully | full of melancholy, yearning or longing |
| Tedious | long and tiresome |
| Presume | to take for granted; assume or suppose |
| Vicious | evil, bad, spiteful; having bad habits |
| Nimble | quick and skillful in movements |
| Indignant | filled with resentment or anger over something unjust |
| Partial | not complete |
| Tantalize | to tease or torment by teasing |
| Taunt | to jeer at; an insulting remark |
| Timid | the state of being easily frightened |
| Implore | to beg earnestly |
| Constrained | to force, compel; to restrain or hold back |
| Quest | a search or hunt |
| Grim | stern, merciliess, fierce, savage, cruel |
| Exasperate | to irritate, annoy or anger |
| Encounter | to meet or come upon |
| Allegiance | loyalty of obligation owed to a government nation or cause |
| Hostile | unfriendly, unfavorable |
| Venomous | spiteful, poisonous |
| Pauper | an extremely poor person |
| Indulge | to give in to a wish or desire |
| Flounder | to thrash about in a clumsy way |
| Demure | sober or serious in manner; modest |