| A | B |
|---|
| habitual | routine; customary |
| vicinity | surrounding area; neighborhood |
| staunchest | strongest; most determined |
| dismally | in a gloomy or depressed manner |
| simultaneously | at the same time |
| assiduously | in a steady and hard-working way |
| virtuous | morally good; honorable |
| compulsory | required |
| rehabilitate | restore to useful life |
| balk | to refuse to move or act |
| eminent | very famous |
| retribution | punishment for bad behavior |
| elusive | skillfully and cleverly escaping from capture |
| unobtrusively | in a way that attracts little or no attention |
| unperceived | not seen |
| specious guile | innoncent charm masking real slyness |
