| A | B |
|---|
| abruptly | suddenly |
| acquitted | discharged completely; set free from a legal charge |
| aghast | amazed; stupefied |
| aimlessly | without direction; without purpose |
| apprehensive | afraid; suspicious |
| asset | a useful or valuable quality |
| bewildering | confused; perplexed |
| bootlegging | selling alcohol where not legally available |
| complicated | involved; complex |
| contemptuously | scornful; insolent |
| content | satisfied |
| conviction | strong belief |
| cowlick | tuft of hair growing in a different direction |
| debating | deciding |
| delirious | confusion; disordered speech; hallucinations |
| deny | declaring untrue; contradicting |
| desperate | driven to take any risk |
| elite | a select body; the best |
| eluded | avoided; escaped |
| exploits | heroic acts; adventures |
| flinching | betraying fear; pain or surprise with an involuntary gesture |
| gorged | swallow with greediness |
| grasped | understood |
| groggy | not fully awake |
| imploringly | in a pleading; begging manner; beseechingly |
| incredulous | unbelieving |
| indignant | angered at something unjust or wrong |
| inhalation | to breathe into the lungs |
| leery | wary; suspicious |
| lone | alone; solitary |
| madras | plaid; cotton material |
| mimic | imitate; ridicule |
| nonchalantly | unconcerned or indifferently |
| pity | compassion for suffering |
| premonition | an early warning about a future event |
| quivering | trembling; shaking |
| rarely | uncommon; infrequent |
| recurring | occurring again and again |
| reluctantly | unwillingly; disinclined |
| resemblance | likeness; similarity |
| resignedly | giving up; accepting the future |
| ruefully | regretfully; sorrowfully |
| sarcasm | saying something and meaning the exact opposite; verbal irony |
| slouch | to sit or stand in a lazy way |
| sophisticated | cultured; worldly |
| stupor | senses are deadened |
| sullenly | gloomily; somber |
| unceasingly | continual |
| veered: | swerved; turned aside from a course or direction |
| vital | necessary or essential to life |
| winced | to shrink back as from pain |
