| A | B |
| malice | (n) ill will; desire to harm another |
| bemused | (adj) muddled; confused |
| amass | (v) to pile up; to collect together; to accumulate, especially wealth |
| emerge | (v) to come forth into view |
| phantasm | (n) ghost; illusion; a deceptive likeness |
| obsessed | (adj) haunted or troubled in mind, especially to an abnormal degree |
| belittle | (v) to make seem unimportant |
| anguish | (n) great suffering or distress |
| pensively | (adv) thoughtfully; thinking very carefully |
| reprimand | (v) to blame or scold severely |
| peeve | (v) to annoy |
| shroud | (n) a cloth used to wrap a dead body for burial |
| premonition | (n) a feeling that something bad will happen |
| plague | (v) to torment |
| gossamer | (adj) light, thin, and filmy |
| menacingly | (adv) in a threatening manner |
| crook | (n) a bend or curve in something |
| apparition | (n) anything that appears unexpectedly or in a strange way, especially a ghost |
| aloofness | (n) a lack of sympathy or interest |
| dispense | (v) to give out or distribute |