| A | B |
| sarcasm | bitter irony; saying the opposite of what you mean |
| elite | the best of the best |
| unceasingly | constantly; without stopping |
| apprehensive | nervous; uneasy |
| winced | flinched; cringed; drew back |
| premonition | a bad feeling about future events |
| sullenly | sadly |
| eluded | escaped |
| vital | necessary to life |
| indignant | angry; resentful |
| gorged | stuffed with food |
| conviction | firm belief |
| mimicking | imitating; copying |
| recurring | happen over and over again |
| aghast | amazed; shocked |
| exploits | adventures |
| aimlessly | without direction or purpose |
| ruefully | regretfully; sorrowfully |
| leery | wary; suspicious |
| stupor | daze; a state of impaired consciousness |
| delirious | confused; senseless |
| grasped | understood |
| pity | compassion for suffering |
| acquitted | set free from a legal charge |
| veered | swerved |