| A | B |
|---|
| trepidation | a feeling of fear accompanied by doubt |
| complicity | to help another person commit a crime |
| gesticulated | make gestures |
| unimpeachable | free of guilt |
| stench | a strong, unpleasant smell |
| puntilious | very precise and exact with details |
| sardonically | in a sarcastic manner |
| loathsome | highly offensive; disgusting; repulsive |
| decrepit | worn and broken down by hard use |
| permeated | pass through or spread through |
| chastened | to correct by punishment; discipline |
| censure | strong criticism or disapproval |
| dire | very serious |
| palpable | able to be touched or felt |
| scrutiny | critical observation |
| wrath | extreme anger |
| implacable | cannot be calmed |
| maelstrom | whirlpool in the sea |
| abated | to lessen or reduce |
| caucused | to meet and discuss common concerns |
| concoct | mix, make, or invent |
| equanimity | calm behavior |
| disembarkation | passangers and crew getting off a ship or aircraft |
| fathom | to understand |
| laconically | to speak using very few words |
| naive | lacking experience |
| unstinting | very generous |
