| A | B |
| treacherous | something dangerous and unpredictable |
| drudgery | hard, unpleasant, boring work |
| plunge | to rush into something suddenly |
| smoldering | burning slowly from the inside without flames |
| altered | to change something |
| scoffed | to speak about in a mocking or critical way |
| skeptically | you express doubt about something being true |
| discouraged | being made to believe things are not ging to work out like you hoped |