| A | B |
|---|
| contrite | filled with a sense of guilt |
| incredulous | skeptical |
| declivities | downward slopes of ground |
| rapt | deeply engrossed or absorbed |
| tacit | understood without being openly expressed |
| inscrutably | mysteriously, not easily understood |
| belligerence | an aggressive, disobedient attitude |
| myriad | numerous |
| capered | to leap about happily |
| taboo | prohibited because of rules and society |
| barren | devoid of life, lacking |
| toiled | to work long and hard |
| malevolently | filled with intense will, spite, or hate |
| jeeringly | in a taunting or mocking manner |
| speculation | a conclusion or opinion reached by thought |
| luducrous | ridiculous, absurd |
| reverence | a feeling of deep respect |
| ineffectual | not effective |
| assent | to agree |
| clamor | a loud uproar |
| effigy | a representation or image |
| lamentation | an expression of grief |
