| A | B |
|---|
| detached | not involved emotionally; indifferent |
| slack | loose |
| poised | balanced |
| thermometer | instrument used for measuring temperature |
| epidemic | outbreak of a sickness |
| appalling | shocking; horrifying |
| muster | call forth |
| grimace | twisting of the face in pain or disgust |
| despair | complete loss of hope |
| commence | to begin |
| simile | comparison between two unlike things using like, as, or than |
| metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things |
| personification | human-like qualities given to non-human creatures or objects |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| figurative language | a description that is not literally true |
