| A | B |
|---|
| unmitigated | not lessened; unrelieved |
| temerity | rashness; foolishness |
| integrity | honesty; incorruptibility |
| cynical | critical; distrustful of human nature & motives |
| feral | savage; wild |
| credibility | believabilty; plausibility |
| furtive | secretive |
| wryly | ironically humorous |
| hieroglyphic | ancient Egyptian writing |
| adamant | unyielding; inflexible |
| sorid | vile; filthy; base |
| impertinence | rudeness; insolence |
| bovine | resembling an ox or cow |
| martyred | sacrificed for sake of principle |
| persecuted | harassed; made to suffer for beliefs |
| notoriety | widely & unfavorably known |
| stealthily | secretive; slyly |
| purloined | stolen |
| irascible | hot tempered; easily provoked to anger |
| pinioned | retrained by binding arms |
| staccato | abrupt; disjointed; disconnected |
| garishly | gaudy |
| stolidly | unemotionally |
| apprehensive | fearful; filled with anxiety |
