| A | B |
|---|
| pipe (v.) | to speak in a high-pitched or piercing tone |
| peer (v.) | to look closely |
| pram | baby carriage (short for perambulator) |
| helm | a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered; metaphorically, a position of leadership |
| muffler | a scarf worn around one's neck for warmth |
| treacle | a dark thick syrup obtained during the refining of sugar |
| spectral | ghostly, shadowy |
| on the Q.T. | (idiomatic) quietly, secretively |
| tumbler | a stemless drinking glass having a flat, thick bottom |
| sacrilege | disrespect, irreverence |
| quaver | to tremble or shake |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or scramble |
| affable | likeable |
| condescending | patronizing and arrogant |
| norm | standard or custom |
| banal | predictable, commonplace, trite or clichéd |
| bereavement | mourning |
| unscrupulous | dishonest, unprincipled, corrupt |
| impaired | weakened or damaged |
| sentimentality | excessively or falsely heightened emotional state |
| foil | a character that provides contrast to another |
| catalyst | a person or thing that sparks an event or change |
