| A | B |
|---|
| Scythe | “ a curving blade used for cutting grass |
| Anticipated | “ to expect; look forward to” |
| Vicious | “ unpleasantly severe” |
| Premonition | a forewarning |
| Congregate | “to come together; assemble” |
| Capricious | unpredictable |
| Propriety | proper behavior |
| Taunting | “mocking |
| Despair | loss of hope |
| Anguish | suffering or pain |
| Cordial | courteous and gracious |
| Composure | “serene ; self-controlled state of mind” |
| Indignation | “ strong displeasure-righteous anger” |
| Pretentious | “assumption of dignity or importance” |
| Forbid | to command a person not to do something |
| Correspondence | communication by exchange of letters |
| Indebted | committed or obligated to repay a monetary loan |
| Stature | height |
| Reluctant | unwilling |
| Renegades | traitors |
| Persistent | not giving up |
| Mesmerized | to hypnotize |
| Doting | excessively fond |
| Alms | “ money |
| Undulating | to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion |
| Valise | a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand |
| Monotonous | “ lacking in variety; tedious” |
| Demeanor | conduct; behavior |
| Rickety | likely to fall or collapse |
| Staccato | shortened and detached when played or sung |
| Retrieved | to recover or regain |
| Accustomed | “customary; usual” |
| Bereft | deprived and made desolate |
| Repatriation | to bring or send back to his or her country |
| Suppleness | bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed |
| Assured | “guaranteed; sure; certain” |
| Bedraggled | limp and soiled |
| Tormented | to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering |
| Squalor | “the condition of being squalid; filth and misery” |
| Recuperation | to recover from sickness or exhaustion |
| Deportation | the lawful expulsion of an undesired alien or other person from a state |
| Despondent | feeling or showing profound hopelessness |
| Prophecy | the foretelling or prediction of what is to come |
| Optimism | a disposition or tendency to look on the bright side of things |
| Contorted | twisted in a violent manner |
| Grimace | “a facial expression |
| Skeptically | showing doubt; |
