| A | B |
|---|
| acrid | (adj.) sharp; pungent |
| boorish | (adj.) ill-mannered |
| cynical | (n.) believing that people act only out of selfish motives |
| epistle | (n.) a letter |
| heresy | (n.) against orthodox opinion |
| maunder | to talk incoherently or in a rambling manner |
| novice | beginner; tyro |
| poignant | deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions |
| respite | (n.) a break; intermission |
| terse | (adj.) concise; to the point |
| benevolent | (adj.) kindly |
| bourgeois | middle class |
| debility | (n.) weakness; incapacity |
| emaciated | (adj.) very thin; withered |
| hiatus | (n.) interruption; pause |
| languid | (adj.) tired; slow |
| obscured | (adj.) hidden; covered; buried |
| poised | (adj.) calm; collected; self-possessed |
| resplendent | (adj.) shining; glowing |
| sardonic | (adj.) bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical |
