| A | B |
|---|
| mused | to consider at length |
| placid | outwardly calm or composed |
| compel | to force; drive |
| copious | abounding in manner; thoughts;or words |
| milled | to move around in churning confusion |
| aspirations | a strong desire for high achievement |
| elapsed | to pass; slip by |
| indignant | filled with anger about some injustice |
| conducive | tending to cause or bring about |
| sarcastic | contemptuously ironic; intending to hurt another |
| vulnerable | susceptible to attack |
| kowtow | to show servile deference |
| accentuate | to stress or emphasize |
| articulate | capable of speaking in clear; expressive language |
| emphatic | expressed or performed with emphasis |
| contempt | disdain for something vile or dishonorable |
| incendiary | causing or capable of causing fire |
| conviction | a fixed or strong belief |
| vile | loathsome; disgusting |
| futile | having no useful result; ineffectual |
| respite | a short interval of rest or relief |
| prevail | to be or become effective; win out |
| ridicule | to find amusement or delight at the expense of another |
| compassion | deep feeling of sharing the suffering of another |
| transfixed | to render motionless as with terror; amazement or awe |
| integrate | to make whole by bringing all parts together |
| forceps | an instrument used for grasping |
| segregation | imposing the social separation of races |
| ominous | menacing; threatening |
| lapse | to slip gradually; drift |
| injunction | a court order prohibiting a party form a specific action |
| subtle | not immediately obvious |
| pallor | extreme paleness |
| meticulous | extremely careful and precise |
| riveted | to engross or hold the attention of |
| accosted | to approach and speak first |
| pretense | the act of pretending |
| intact | not impaired in any way |
| gauntlet | two line of men a person is forced to run through |
| composure | calmness and self-possession |
| disheveled | hanging in a looses disarray; unkempt |
| vigilance | alert watchfulness |
