| A | B |
| haughty | chillingly proud and scornful |
| loiter | to llinger in an aimless way hang around dawable tarry |
| dovetail | to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole |
| vaunted | much boasted avout in a vain or swaggering way |
| simper | to smile or speak in a silly forced way |
| epoch | a distinct period of time, era, age |
| armistice | a temporary peace halt in fighting |
| irascible | easily made angry. hot-tempered |
| solvent | able to meet one's finacile obligations; having the power to dissolve other substances |
| ramshackle | appering ready to collapse loose and shaky |
| fiasco | the complete collapse or failure of a project |
| dregs | the last remaining part; the part of least worth |
| inert | lifeless unable to move, or act; slow unactive |
| opus | an impressive piece of work especially a musical compositionor other work of art |
| veneer | a thin outer layer; a surface appearence or decoration |