| A | B |
|---|
| solemnly | in a serious manner - adverb |
| anguish | suffer great pains or distress - verb |
| anticlimax | let down of a thought or emotion - noun |
| apprehension | fearful expectation or anticipation - noun |
| centaur | half man half horse mythical figure - noun |
| chiding | to scold mildly - verb |
| corporeal | bodily rather than spiritual; tangible - noun |
| elliptic | rounded like an egg - adjective |
| facet | an aspect or side of a situation or problem - noun |
| inexorable | unstoppable - verb |
| malignant | deadly, evil, extremely harmful - adjective |
| precipitously | very suddenly and to a great degree - adverb |
| reverberate | to throw or bend back or reflect - verb |
| wheedled | persuaded or coaxed somebody with flattery - verb |
| writhe | to twist or turn in a way that suggests pain - verb |
