| A | B |
|---|
| lapse | a slip or error, often of a trivial sort; failure |
| insistent | emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent |
| tentative | unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant |
| tumult | uproar; disorder; highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling |
| portentous | ominous; predictive of future bad events |
| irreverent | not respectful; critical of what is generally accepted or respected |
| vicarious | taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute |
| rancor | resentment or ill will; hatred; malice |
| formidable | of great strength; forceful; powerful |
| harrowing | extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous |
| contingency | dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty |
| expostulation | a reasoning with someone against a thing that person intends to do or has done |
| truculent | fierce; cruel; savagely brutal |
