| A | B |
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| veer | shift to a clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly |
| forlorn | marked by or showing hopelessness |
| bough | any of the larger branches of a tree |
| rueful | feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses |
| coop | an enclosure made of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept |
| exasperate | make worse; make furious; to irritate |
| jaunty | having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air |
| marionette | a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer |
| retort | a quick reply to a question or remark |
| galling | causing irritation or annoyance |
| console | to give moral or emotional strength to |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow |
| troupe | organization of performers (especially theatrical) |
| perversely | deliberately deviant; in a contrary disobedient manner |
| changeless | remaining the same for indefinitely long times |
| scornful | expressing extreme contempt for something |
| parson | a person authorized to conduct religious worship |
| recede | retreat; pull back or move away or backward |
