| A | B |
|---|
| acute | sensitive |
| dissimulation | the hiding of one's feelings or purposes |
| profound | seeing beyond what is obvious |
| sagacity | high intelligence |
| crevice | a narrow opening |
| sauvity | graceful politeness |
| gesticulations | energetic hand or arm gestures |
| derision | contempt; ridicule |
| cunningly | cleverly;craftily |
| vexed | disturbed;troubled; annoyed |
| stifled | painful or apprehensive uneasiness of mind |
| audacity | boldness |
| stealthily | secretly |
| dismembered | divided limb from limb; seperated into parts |
| vehemently | passiontely, with strong dislike or hatred |
| trifles | matters of little importance |
| mockery | insulting action or speach |
| hypocritical | describing the act of pretending to have beliefs or principles that one does not posses |
| hearken | listen |
| deathwatches | wood boring beetles that make a tapping noise on the wood they invade. They are thought to predict death |
| scantling | a small beam or timber |
| dissemble | to conceal under a false appearance;to conceal the truth of one's true feelings or motives |
