| A | B |
|---|
| callow | young and inexperienced |
| trepidation | Fear, anxiety or worry |
| obliquely | With a slant; figuratively, evasively or not straightforwardly |
| jocularity | Wittiness; joking manner |
| craven | Very cowardly |
| insinuate | To hint at in a suggestive manner |
| pandemonium | Place or scene of wild disorder, noise or confusion |
| rending | Tearing, pulling apart, or splitting |
| derisive | Ridiculing, making fun of, or laughing at with scorn or contempt |
| inscrutable | Completely obscure or mysterious; incapable of being understood |
| piety | Devotion to God or to religious duties |
| frippery | Finery; superficially showy, cheap, or gaudy |
| dyspepsia | Stomach upset |
| coquettish | Flirtatious |
| august | Worthy of respect; inspiring awe or reverence |
| pallid | Pale; faintly colored (suggestive of sickly) |
| vanquished | Conquered |
| vindicated | Justified; upheld by argument or evidence |
| condolence | Sympathy with another person’s grief |
| circumvent | To get the better of someone or keep something from happening – to “get around” rules, for example |
| impervious | Incapable of being wounded by; unaffected by |
| sibilant | Having a producing an s or sh or hissing sound |
| meditative | Inclined to think deeply and to reflect upon ideas |
| rouse | To stir up to flight or to cause to come out of a state of rest |
| phoenix | A mythological bird that lived for 500-600 years, consumed itself in a fire, and rose renewed from the ashes. Because of the rebirth of the bird from its own ashes, the phoenix has come to symbolize immortality. |
