| A | B |
|---|
| ruthlessly | mercilessly, cruelly; relentlessly |
| squabbling | petty arguing, quarreling or bickering |
| hilarity | cheerfulness; boisterous merriment; comic |
| tenacious | defiant; resistant; persistent |
| baubles | trinkets; showy, cheap ornaments; decorations |
| ruffians | violent thugs; bullies |
| embellished | enhanced; exaggerated |
| inept | unskilled; awkward or clumsy; incapable of performing an action |
| demoralized | deprived of purpose or reason |
| contradict | to speak or act against; to disagree with |
| interspersed | scattered here and there |
| appalling | disgusting, atrocious, shocking |
| foreboding | a strong inner feeling of future misfortune |
| travail | painful, burdensome work |
| forays | quick raids |
| gangrenous | life-threatening, infected, decaying due to disease |
| matted | messily flattened |
| credence | belief as to the truth of something |
| forestall | to prevent or hinder |
| reiterated | said or did repeatedly |
| meddled | interfered without the right to do so |
