| A | B |
|---|
| foresight | thoughtful regard for the future |
| vexed | troubled, distressed, caused agitation |
| sagacity | sound judgment |
| conceal | hide |
| waned | to grow gradually less |
| bade | urged, compelled |
| audacity | bold courage, daring |
| reposed | to lay at rest |
| plot | the events of a story |
| characters | the people in a story |
| tone | the mood or atmosphere of a story |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| fiction | a story (not factual) |
| nonfiction | communicates factual information |
| poetry | paints pictures with words; sometimes rhymes |
| drama | a play; can be performed by actors |
| narrator | the character telling the story |
| wistful | thoughtful sadness, especially for the past |
| blissful | full of joy |
| capricious | acting on impulse or a whim |
| avaricious | greedy |
| contrite | penitent; remorseful |
| remorse | feeling deep regret |
| compunction | feeling of a guilty conscience |
| petrify | paralyze with terror |
| eerie | inspiring superstitious fear; weird |
| unnerving | causing loss of courage or confidence |
| macabre | gruesome; horrifying; ghastly |
| commence | begin |
| immense | great or large |
| unruly | noisy; having no restraint or discipline |
| blare | make a loud noise |
