| A | B |
|---|
| undistinguished | common; nothing special |
| exasperated | irritated; provoked; irked |
| viciously | violently; maliciously |
| vindicated | cleared of doubt, suspicion or blame |
| proposition | suggested plan |
| vengeance | with violence or fury |
| tentatively | uncertainly |
| furtively | steathily; expressive of hidden motives |
| futile | useless |
| tyrant | ruler who is harsh or cruel |
| inappropriately | unsuitably; improperly |
| mutilated | maimed; damaged |
| insinuatingly | implying; with more meaning |
| haphazardly | without care; left to chance |
| assimilationism | minority cultures dissolving into dominant culture |
| heathenism | "religion" of not believing in God |
| forlornly | looking pitiful, desperate or hopeless |
| presumably | probably; reasonably supposed |
| rebuffs | bluntly refuses |
| revelation | some new information or news |
| desperation | condition of being driven to take any risk |
| exuberance | having unrestrained high spirits; being overjoyed |
| amiably | goodnaturedly |
| ludicrous | laughably ridiculous |
| cliche | trite or overused expression |
| coquettishly | in the manner of a woman flirting |
| arrogant | overbearingly proud; haughty |
| eccentric | deviating from established norm, model or rule |
| oppressive | tyrannical |
| sarcastically | using statements opposite the underlying meaning |
| plaintively | sorrowfully |
| menacingly | threateningly |
