| A | B |
|---|
| Hearken | Listen |
| Dissimulation | hiding of one's feelings or purpose |
| sagacity | high intelligence and sound judgement |
| Distinctness | clarity; awareness of detail |
| Deathwatches | wood-boring beetles whose head make a tapping sound they are superstitiously regarded as an omen of death |
| scantling | small beam or timbers |
| gesticulation | energetic hand or arm movement |
| dissemble | conceal one's true feelings. |
| derision | contempt; ridicule |
| ceased | stopped |
| acute | sensitive; sharp |
