| A | B |
|---|
| ominously | unfavorably; threateningly |
| judicial | legal; having to do with a court of law |
| absconding | going away hurriedly and secretly |
| antiquity | old age; distant past |
| improvident | not looking ahead; careless in preparing for the future |
| fornications | act of voluntary sexual intercourse between unmarried persons; acts of adultery |
| kibitz | to watch a card game |
| indolently | listlessly; lazily |
| portieres | curtains hung across doorways |
| diffidently | lacking self-confidence; shyly |
