| A | B |
|---|
| mottled | to mark with spots or blotches of different shades or colors |
| recumbent | lying down, especially in a position of comfort or rest |
| morosely | sullenly melancholy |
| junctures | a place where two things are joined |
| droned | to make a continued, low, dull humming sound |
| lumbered | to walk or move with heavy clumsiness |
| brusquely | in a blunt, direct manner |
| pantomime | the telling of a story without words, by means of bodily movements, gestures, or facial expressions |
| imperiously | arrogantly overbearing or domineering |
| anguished | expressing agonizing physical or mental pain |
| yammered | to complain peevishly or whimperingly, whine |
