| A | B |
|---|
| abyss | great depth |
| bachelor | man who isn't married |
| cajoling | coaxing gently |
| decisive | power to settle a question |
| eavesdropping | secretly listening to a conversation |
| fastidious | refined in an overly sensitive way |
| gale | strong wind |
| habitable | fit to live in |
| illiteracy | inability to read or write |
| latching | attaching oneself to |
| macabre | gruesome, grim |
| negligent | without care or attention |
| pandemonium | a scene of wild disorder |
| quake | tremble or shake |
| radial | branching out in all directions |
| sagacity | high intelligence and sound judgment |
| tangible | having form or substance;definite |
| unabashed | unashamed |
| ventriloquist | someone who speaks through a puppet |
| wan | pale |
