| A | B |
|---|
| apprehension | suspicion or fear |
| antagonism | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred |
| abominable | disagreeable or unpleasant |
| assimilating | come to fully understand |
| belligerence | angry, aggressive behavior |
| brandishing | to shake or wave a weapon menacingly |
| contemptuously | showing deep, intense disrespect |
| covert | thicket of branches and vine providing hiding place |
| cynicism | belief that people are generally selfish and bad |
| corpulent | large, bulky body |
| caressingly | handling with kindness or affection |
| crepitation | crackling sound |
| derisive | critical, insulting, mocking |
| decorum | showing respect and good manner |
| diffidently | lacking confidence |
| devastated | damaged or destroyed |
| expansively | talking a lot, speaking widely and broadly |
| exulting | rejoicing |
| furtive | done in quiet or secret to avoid being noticed |
| flagged | decline in interest, attraction, or value |
| islanded | to isolate, separate from others |
| inarticulate | not able to express ideas clearly |
| interminable | continuing for a long time |
| incredulity | disbelief |
| impenetrable | impossible to pass through or see through |
| lodgment | a place of rest |
| loathing | disgust or strong feeling of hatred |
| mortification | humuliation or shame |
| malevolently | showing a desire to cause harm to another person |
| mutinously | desiritng not to do what one has been told |
| officious | bossy, pushy, as if in charge of the situation |
| proffer | offer |
| perilous | dangerous |
| rational | having reason or understanding; logical |
| ravenously | eager or greedy for food |
| strident | harsh or insistent |
| solemnity | being formal or serious |
| skewered | to pierce with a sharp object |
| somberly | seriously or sadly |
| tremulously | nervously or weakly |
| toilet | personal grooming |
| taboo | something that is not acceptable to talk aobut or do |
| theological | religious faith or doctrinal beliefs |
| truculently | deadly, savage, or destructive |
| talisman | an object believed to bring good fortune or have magical qualities |
| vicissitudes | problems that happen over a period of time |
| vulnerable | open to attack or damage |
