| A | B |
|---|
| sneering | showing scorn or contempt by curling the lip or making a jeering sound |
| impassive | showing no feeling, emotion or interest |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| contempt | the act of despising or hating |
| trousseau | the personal outfit of a bride |
| intricate | complicated, difficult to follow |
| rationed | restricted or limited in amount |
| haughtily | proudly or arrogantly |
| swastika | the emblem of Nazi Germany |
| sophisticated | complex or refined |
| exasperated | frustrated |
| belligerently | in a war-like or hostile way |
| dismay | dread or apprehension |
| dubiousliy | doubtfully |
| tension | mental strain or uneasy suspense |
| imperious | domineering or overbearing |
| intoned | recited or sung in a chanting voice |
| tentatively | hesitantly |
| sprawling | spread out, taking up a lot of space |
| massive | very large,heavy and solid |
| awe | a feeling of mixed fear, respect and wonder |
| gnarled | being full of knots, twisted and rugged |
| ruefully | in a remorseful or sorrowful manner |
| specter | a ghost or a mythological or scary creature |
| deftly | quick and neat in action, skillful |
| wryly | a manner in which one twist the features in distaste or displeasure |
| trudged | walking or marching steadily with much effort |
| hearse | a vehicle for carrying a dead person to a church or cemetery |
| surge | to rise and fall actively or to rise to a high value |
| condescending | superior in attitude |
| strode | walking in long regular steps (past of stride) |
| misshapen | deformed |
| winced | to flinch or shrink as in pain |
| faltered | stumbled, moving or speaking unsteadily, hesitating |
| donned | to put on or wear |
| latticed | a design framed by crossed wood or metal strips |
| vivid | fresh, lively, brilliant |
| wriggle | to squirm |
| segment | a part of something |
| brusque | blunt, abrupt or gruffh |
| prolong | to make longer |
| tantalize | to tease or torment, tempt some one with something that is out of their reach |
| taut | tense, trim, tidy |
| consumed | devoured or destroyed |
| insolently | in a rude manner |
| caustic | corrosive, sharp |
| subsided | to stop, to become quiet and tranquil |
| warily | in a cautious manner |
| devastating | reducing to ruin, shattering completely |
| integrity | total honesty and sincerity |
| deprivation | the act of depriving, loss |
| permeated | to pass through |
| compassion | sympathetic feeling |
| sabotage | deliberately trying to interfere with property |
