| A | B |
| afflicted | grievously affected especially by disease |
| hasten | act or move at high speed |
| forestall | deal with ahead of time |
| peddler | someone who travels about selling wares |
| ware | commodities offered for sale |
| repression | a state of forcible subjugation |
| suspension | temporary cessation |
| elusive | difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze |
| strive | attempt by employing effort |
| tumultuous | characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination |
| keen | intense or sharp |
| exalted | of high moral or intellectual value |
| trivial | of little substance or significance |
| procession | the act of moving forward, as toward a goal |
| persistence | continuing or repeating behavior |
| impose | inflict something unpleasant |
| assertion | the act of affirming or stating something |
| impulse | an instinctive motive |
| implore | beg or call upon in supplication |
| elixir | a substance believed to cure all ills |
| fancy | imagination, especially of a casual or whimsical kind |
| importunity | insistent solicitation and entreaty |
| unwitting | not aware or knowing |
| composedly | in a self-collected or self-possessed manner |
| pierce | sound sharply or shrilly |