| A | B |
|---|
| beleaguered | to harass; beset |
| capitulating | the surrounding and blockading of a city, town |
| siege | come to terms, to give up all resistance; acquiesce; yeild |
| torrents | to harass; beset |
| vitality | vigor; energy |
| taciturnity | habitually untalkative |
| unapproachable | not friendly; aloof; not accessible |
| mien | an appearance or aspect |
| patent medicine | packaged without a prescription |
| grizzled | streaked with or partly gray |
| chafed | an inferior or undesirable state |
| sardonically | scornfully or cynically mocking |
| perpetually | lasting for an indefinitely long time |
| degenerate | the opposite or absence of something |
| negation | to feel irritated or impatient |
| sharp | abrupt or acute; in a sharp manner |
| lank | long and lean |
| bleak | gloomy and somber; dreary |
| colonnade | a series of columns placed at regular intervals |
| striking | to affect keenly or forcibly; impress |
| wan | the state or quality of being well-bred |
| reticent | a period of decline or diminution |
| refinement | inclined to keep one's thoughts or feelings to oneself; silent |
| ebb | a period of decline or diminution |
| colloquially | relating to conversation |
