| A | B |
|---|
| meticulously | very carefully; precisely |
| admonished | scolded mildly but firmly |
| emaciated | extremely thin; scrawny |
| dubious | undecided; not yet determined |
| motley | having many colors |
| temerity | foolish or reckless lack of regard for danger |
| indignant | filled with anger over injustice or meanness; outrage |
| imperiously | in a dominating or overbearing way |
| glowered | stared angrily; scowled |
| haughtily | in an offensively proud or vain way |
| malevolently | in an intentionally evil way |
| wafted | gave out; emitted |
| careened | tilted; leaned; swerved |
| coddling | babying |
| precariously | in a dangerously insecure or unstable way |
| expounding | explaining in detail |
| scoffed | to mock or jeer |
| vex | to anger |
| subdued | quiet; less intense |
| formidable | of a disouraging size or awesome strength |
| wry | devious; crooked |
| aloofness | quality of keeping one's distance from others |
| confounded | darn |
| promenading | walking; strolling |
| gusto | hearty enjoyment and excitement |
