| A | B |
|---|
| mull over (v) | think about |
| aphorisms (n) | short sentences expressing wise or clever observations |
| pungent (adj) | sharp taste or smell |
| poignance (n) | a feeling that is emotionally touching or moving |
| pretense (n) | false appearance |
| grimacing (v) | showing displeasure through facial expressions |
| refuting (v) | disaproving |
| hypocritical (adj) | insincere |
| sustenance (n) | nourishment |
| secluded (adj) | separated |
| exhorted (v) | strongly urged into action |
| self-deprivation (n) | denying oneself of something |
| accession (n) | increase |
| buoyed (adj) | uplifted the spirits of |
| oppresses (adj) | burdened |
| entanglements (n) | complications |
| abashed (adj) | ashamed |
| emitted (v) | gave or sent out |
| sententiousness (n) | pompous |
| reedy (adj) | tall and thin |
| vagaries (n) | erratic notions or actions |
| tainted (adj) | stained or discolored |
| evolve (v) | develop gradually |
| queried (v) | asked |
| umemphatically (adj) | not stressed or not forcefully |
| declaimed (v) | spoke loudly and eloquently |
| reverberated (v) | echoed continuously |
| liaison (n) | a link or connection |
