| A | B |
|---|
| immeasurable | impossible to measure |
| expectant | having or marked by expectation |
| vaguely | not clear or easy to understand |
| penetrated | to enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce |
| groped | to reach about uncertainly; feel one's way |
| plummeted | to decline suddenly and steeply |
| confounding | to cause to become confused or perplexed |
| seizing | to grasp suddenly and forcibly; take or grab |
| sentiment | a thought, view, or attitude, especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason |
| quiver | to shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement |
| hearth | the floor of a fireplace, usually extending into a room and paved with brick, flagstone or cement |
| vainly | not yielding the desired outcome; without success |
| sounding line | a line marked at intervals of fathoms and weighted at one end, used to determine the depth of water. also called a lead line |
