| A | B |
|---|
| acute | sharp; sensitive |
| vexed | disturbed; annoyed |
| sagacity | intelligence and good judgment |
| refrained | held back |
| audacity | boldness |
| vehemently | forcefully; passionately |
| gesticulations | energetic gestures |
| derision | contempt; ridicule |
| wary | cautious; |
| suavity | smoothnes; politenes |
| plot | the series of related events that make up a story. |
| climax | The point of greatest emotion in a story; the point in a story that creates the greatest suspense. |
| personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. |
| paranoia | mental disorder that often causes people to believe they are being persecuted; false suspicions. |
| tremulous | trembling; fearful or timid |
| oblivious | unaware |
| sublime | majestic; grand |
| framework story | a story that contains a frame story and an inner story |
| inner story | This story is usually told by one of the characters in the frame story. |
| desolate | lonely; miserable; deserted. |
