| A | B |
|---|
| discomfiture | frustrations of hopes and plans; embarrassment |
| suave | smoothly gracious or polite; agreeable; calm |
| equitation | act or art of riding horseback |
| gaits | manner in which a horse moves |
| dawdled | to waste time or idle; to move slowly |
| wary | watchful or being on one’s guard; cautious |
| enigmatic | mysterious; puzzling; perplexing |
| surtout | a man’s close-fitting overcoat |
| careening | to sway or tip to one side while in motion |
| atrophying | decline or decrease from disuse |
| expansive | easily influenced |
| enmity | a feeling or condition of hatred |
| inflammatory | tending to arouse anger; argumentative |
| grievances | a wrong considered as ground for complaint |
| yokels | uneducated people |
| palsy | a muscular condition that causes the body to shake |
| placard | a notice that gives information |
| dunned | to make repeated demands for payment |
| divulge | to reveal; to disclose; to tell |
| disguise | something used to hide one’s identity |
| brewing storm | trouble or something stirring up |
| disperse | to send off in different directions |
