| A | B |
|---|
| matrilineal | ancestry traced through the woman's line instead of the man's |
| fidelity | loyalty and faithfulness |
| infidelity | disloyalty and unfaithfulness |
| anecdote | short amusing story often told to prove a point |
| congenial | having the same nature |
| taut | tightly drawn; not slack |
| didactic | instructional tone |
| morose | sad; gloomy |
| vice | immoral depravity; corrupt behavior |
| brevity | shortness of time or direction |
| delude | to mislead |
| infirmity | physical weakness; illness |
| portentous | ominous; threatening; foreboding |
| fickle | marked by lack of constancy: given to erratic changeableness |
| soliloquy | long speech given by a character ALONE on stage |
| monologue | long, uninterrupted speech given to other characters on stage |
| aside | a brief comment which is not heard by every character |
| justify | to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable |
| fallacious | faulty; intended to mislead through faulty reasoning |
| malice | desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another |
| meticulous | marked by extreme care in the consideration or treatment of details |
