| A | B |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay; characterized by procrastination |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping; tending to cause tears |
| ignominious | marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame; deserving of shame or infamy |
| soliloquised | to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself |
| dour | stern, harsh, obstinate, unyielding |
| cant | to talk or beg in a whining or singsong manner |
| iteration | the act of repeating |
| petulantly | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| guffaw | loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| vapid | lacking livelines, briskness, or force |