| A | B |
| feigned | imitated deceptively, pretended |
| levity | lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness |
| supercilious | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
| incredulous | indicating or showing unbelief; skeptical |
| languidly | slowly; listlessly |
| reciprocal | mutual; corresponding; equivalent |
| unobtrusively | not imposing oneself on others; unassertive; inconspicuous |
| wan | of unnatural or sickly pallor; lacking color |
| complacent | self-satisfied; without awareness of some potential danger or defect |
| peremptory | leaving no opportunity for refusal; imperative |
| infinitesimal | exceedingly or immeasurably small |
| intimation | made known subtly and indirectly; hint |