| A | B |
| compassion | sympathy; pity; concern |
| vain | conceited; having a high opinion of oneself |
| pessimistic | feeling gloomy and hopeless; thinking the worst |
| barbaric | uncivilized; wild; crude |
| tragic | disastrous; bringing great harm and suffering to |
| immortal | living forever; indestructible |
| sulk | to mope around or pout |
| mortal | a being that must eventually die; deadly; fatal |
| optimistic | to draw a picture because of an art class assignment hopeful; looking on the bright side |
| recoil | to draw back because of fear, surprise or disgust |
| gargantuan | huge, gigantic |
| hoodwink | trick, confuse or deceive |