| A | B |
|---|
| pretentious | creating an appearance of importance |
| contrived | having an unnatural quality |
| mesmerized | hypnotized |
| falter | hesitate |
| brazen | disrespectfully bold |
| decorum | propriety and good taste in conduct |
| felicitous | appropriate |
| incredulity | doubting the truth of something |
| contemptuous | expressing extreme scorn |
| distraught | deeply and emotionally agitated |
| acquitted | declared not guilty of a specific offense |
| misconstrue | interpret in the wrong way |
| prescience | the power to foresee the future |
| inexorably | not to be moved or stopped |
| tactless | inconsiderate |
