| A | B |
|---|
| windfall | an unexpected piece of good fortune |
| quavering | shaking |
| dreadful | terrible |
| pleading | begging with someone |
| desperate | having little or no hope |
| drowsy | sleepy |
| compassion | feeling sympathy for someone |
| defiant | boldly challenging authority |
| seizure | a sudden attack of epilepsy or other disease |
| stationary | not moving |
| segment | a piece or section |
| homely | not pretty |
| despair | deep saddness; loss of hope |
| grim | dismal, gloomy |
| inaugural | a president's speech at the beginning of his/her new term |
| bleak | without hope; depressing |
| procession | a line of people and vehicles moving forward in order |
| polio | a viral disease that results in paralysis |
| preoccupied | deep in thought |
| astride | sitting with one leg on each side of something |
