| A | B |
|---|
| tremor | A small shaking of the earth's crust |
| pathetically | Causing or deserving pity |
| sullen | Gloomy; resentfully silent or repressed |
| ruefully | Regretfully, with sympathy or pity |
| counterpart | A partner |
| selfsufficient | Very independent; able to take care of oneself |
| incredulously | Unwilling to believe or accept the truth; doubting; skeptical |
| diluted | watered down; thinned out |
| accelerator | A device for controlling the speed of something |
