| A | B |
|---|
| querying | questioning |
| sober | marked by seriousness |
| hampering | impeding, hindering, holding back |
| wily | crafty; cunning |
| lope | a run with bounding steps |
| leverage | mechanical advantage or power gained by using a lever |
| pursed | contracted into folds or wrinkles; puckered |
| raved | talked wildly and excitedly |
| limbered | loosened; made flexible; unstiffened |
| droning | making a dull, continued monotonous sound; humming; buzzing |
| resistance | the opposition by one thing, force, etc. to another |
| whiled | caused time to pass in some easy or pleasant manner |
| nonchalantly | in a cooly unconcerned, indifferent manner |
| belligerent | warlike; aggressive |
| destined | predetermined; intended; fated |
| eerie | inspiring fear; weird, strange |
