| A | B |
|---|
| brevity | brief |
| capital offense | crime punishable by death |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress |
| cynical | distrustful of human nature and motives |
| expunge | strike out; delete |
| furtive | done by stealth or sneaking |
| integrity | soundness; honesty |
| minute | marked by close attention to detail; little |
| subtlety | mental sharpness; cunning; crafty; fine or tenousness; a fine distinction delicate in meaning |
| inmitigated | not qualified; absolute |
