| A | B |
| apprehensive | uneasy; fearful about the future |
| callous | lacking mercy; unsensitive; thick and hardened |
| commendable | praiseworthy; deserving approval or credit |
| indignant | angered by the unfairness or meanness of something |
| ineffectual | unable to bring about a desired result; inadequate |
| judicious | sensible; wise and careful; discreet; prudent |
| mystic | a person who believes that truth or God can best be known through spiritual insight or experience |
| paraphrase | to state a meaning in other words |
| personification | a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities; a person or thing that perfectly represents an idea or quality |
| verbatim | in the exact words; following the original exactly |