| A | B |
|---|
| sorrow | great sadness; grief; distress; unhappiness |
| assuring | promising; guaranteeing; encouraging; comforting |
| slightly | just a little bit; somewhat; to some extent |
| caressed | stroked gently; touched lightly |
| clutching | grasping tightly; gripping; grabbing; holding on to |
| scanning | reading quickly; scanning; glancing at |
| anguish | great suffering; agony; pain; distress; grief; angst |
| betrayal | disloyalty; unfaithfulness; duplicity |
| grieved | mourned; lamented; felt sad |
| strained (adjective) | full of stress; anxiety; worry; pressure; tension |
| echoing | reverberation; when sound bounces off walls and repeats |
| fake | phony; unreal |
| moist | wet; damp |
| gumption | courage; guts |
| pleading | begging; wanting something a lot and asking for it |
| shattered | devastated; crushed; broken |
| elegant | fancy; stylish; chic |
| incline | slant; slope; rise; hill |
| grumpy | irritable; cranky; ill-tempered; grouchy; crabby; complaining |
| gag | choke; retch; what people do before they throw-up or vomit |
| gaunt | thin; skinny; lean; scrawny |
| bewildered | confused; puzzled; baffled; dazed; overwhelmed with confusion |
| remnants | leftovers; bits and pieces; odds and ends; things that are left |
| listlessly | without energy; languidly; lethargically; indolently |
| vowed | promised; guaranteed; swore |
| heaved | lifted; raised; hoisted; lugged; hauled; dragged |
| fuss | fret; worry nag; get anxious |
| shallow | opposite of deep; low (as in water); superficial |
| sins | crimes; wrongdoings; offenses; transgressions |
| slippery | slick; slimy; icy; oily; greasy; smooth |
| instantly | right away; immediately; instantaneously; at once |
| exhaustion | fatigue; tiredness |
| pride | self-respect; dignity; self-esteem; if extreme can lead to arrogance and conceit |
| determining | establishing; finding out; resolving; ascertaining; revealing |
