| A | B |
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| callous | n., a part of skin hardened from use; adj. unfeeling; insensitive;thick and hardened |
| apprehensive | adj. uneasy; afraid or uneasy about the future |
| mystic | adj. mysterious; n. a religious seeker |
| ineffectual | adj. unable to bring about a desired result; inadequate |
| indignant | adj. angered by the unfairness or meanness of something |
| personification | n. a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities |
| verbatim | adv. word-for-word; in the exact words; adj. following the original word-for-word |
| judicious | adj. showing good judgment; wise and careful |
| paraphrase | v. to state a meaning in other words; n. a rewording of the meaning of a text or speech |
| commendable | adj. praiseworthy |
