| A | B |
|---|
| solace | "A feeling of reassurance, of _____, came from the scrap." |
| lyrical | "…the high _____ voice soared into melodies that make Kira hold her breath in awe." |
| recurrent | "He started to hum, and she recognized a _____ melody from part of the Song." |
| interminable | "As a tyke the rhyming sounds had charmed her out of the boredom she felt during the _____ Song." |
| infinitesimally | "…and reshaping the _____ small edges and curves." |
| quizzically | "He looked at her _____." |
| treacherous | "Thomas took her hand and helped her; it was _____, with her bad leg…" |
| incessant | "…the _____ wailing of infants…" |
| festering | "But it was darker here, with the trees thick overhead, and _____ with dampness and an odor of ill health." |
| skeptical | "But she saw how he was looking at her. His look was _____, amused." |
| malevolent | "It made no sense, she knew, to walk without a destination through this unfamiliar, _____ place." |
| manipulator | "No wonder Matt had become such a clever _____ and entrepreneur." |
| fetid | "The _____ air still hung humid." |
| infectious | "…Kira remembered Matt's _____ chortle." |
| chortle | "…Kira remembered Matt's infectious _____." |
