| A | B |
|---|
| pensive | thoughtful; deep in thought |
| inconsolable | brokenhearted; unable to be comforted |
| obscurity | concealment; darkness; murkiness |
| oppressed | worried; weighed down; subdued |
| portage | carry a boat over land, generally between bodies of water or to avoid dangerous areas |
| dubiously | uncertainly; doubtfully |
| deigned | condescended; lowered standards |
| coaxed | gently persuaded |
| foreboding | predicting something bad; warning of ill to come |
| consternation | shock; bewilderment |
