| A | B |
|---|
| sophisticated | having acquired worldy knowledge or refinement |
| aloofness | distant especially with social relations |
| elite | the best or superior memebers of society |
| resignedly | feeling or marked by passive acceptance - to accept as unavoidable |
| ember | a dying fire or amoldering ash |
| quavered | to tremble as from tiredness or emotion |
| apprehensive | worried or fearful of the future |
| defiance | bold resistance to authority |
| contemptuous | showing disrespect or willful disobedience |
| ruefully | expressing or feeling regret |
| sheepish | shy or embarrassed in an awkward way |
| premonition | a forewarning |
