| A | B |
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| placidly | adv. pleasantly calm or peaceful; tranquil |
| amiably | adv. having or showing good-natured personal qualities |
| desirous | adj. having or characterized by desire |
| condoled | v.t. to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune etc. |
| rubicund | adj. red or reddish; ruddy |
| proffered | v.t. to put before a person for acceptance; offer |
| doughty | adj. steadfastly courageous and resolute; valient |
| fakir | n. a Muslim of Hindu religious person commonly considered a wonder-worker |
| jarred | v. to have a harshly unpleasant or peturbing effect on one's nerves |
| presumptuous | adj. unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward |
| fancy | n. a caprice; whim; vagary |
| doggedly | adv. persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious |
| talisman | n. anything whose presence exercises a remarkable or powerful influence on human feelings or actions |
| enthralled | v.t. to captivate or charm |
| maligned | v.t. to speak harmful untruths about; slander; defame |
| antimacassar | n. a small covering, usually ornamental, placed on the backs and arms of upholstered furniture to prevent wear or soiling; a tidy |
| dubiously | adv. of doubtful quality; questionable |
| shamefacedly | adv. 1) modest or bashful 2) showing shame |
| credulity | n. willingness to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility |
| marred | v.t. to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil |
| ill-gotten | adj. acquired by dishonest,improper or evil means |
| prosaic | adj. commonplace or dull |
| betokened | v.t. to give evidence of; indicate |
| frivolous | adj. characterized by a lack of seriousness or sense |
| attribute | v.t. to regard as resulting from a specified cause |
| coincidence | n. a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance |
| avaricious | adj. characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous |
| disown | v.t. to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce |
| scurrying | v.i. to go or move quickly or in haste |
| at the expense of | n. at the sacrifice or detriment of |
| bibulous | adj. fond of or addicted to drink |
| resolution | n. a resolve or determination |
| apparel | n. clothing, especially outerwear; garments; attire |
| broach | v. to mention or suggest for the first time |
| resignation | n. an accepting, unresisting attitude; acquiescence |
| apathy | n. absence or suppression of passion, emotion or excitment |
| shudderingly | adv. trembling or shivering with fear |
| scarcely | adv. barely; hardly; not quite |
| audible | adj. capable of being heard |
| resounded | adj. uttered loudly |
| appealingly | adv. evoking or attracting interest, desire, curiosity, sympathy, or the like; attractive |
| fusillade | n. a general discharge or outpouring of anything |
| reverberated | v.i. to reecho or resound |
