| A | B |
|---|
| mired | stuck, entangled, trapped, |
| defective | faulty, abnormal |
| rhetoric | pretentious, insincere, intellectually vacant language |
| illiterate | unable to read or write, having no formal education |
| rambunctious | boisterous and disorderly;noisy and undisciplined |
| resolve | to answer or solve, as a problem explain; clear up |
| cascaded | fell, tumbled |
| defiance | disposition to resist contempt of opposition |
| counsel | advice guidance |
| explicitly | fully and clearly expressed |
| plummet | to fall steeply or suddenly |
| rash | foolishly bold, no thinking enough of the results |
| spate | a sudden flood. rush, or outpouring |
| precariously | taken for granted |
| advocates | supports of a cause |
| naught | nothingness, nonexistence, insignificant |
| vaguely | indefinite, not distinct, unprecise |
| elegiac | expressing sorrow for something that is over or gone |
| maudlin | tearfully sentimental |
| misconstrued | misunderstood |
