| A | B |
| clambering | climbing with difficulty |
| solemnly | seriously |
| strident | loud, unpleasant, grating sound |
| enmity | feelings of an enemy or mutual enemy |
| ill-omened | marked by signs of bad fate |
| mortification | feeling shamed or humiliated |
| dispersal | go off in different directions |
| loiter | stay around without purpose |
| contemptuously | behaving as if others are inferior or useless |