| A | B |
|---|
| leitmotif | word, phrase, image, symbol or theme that is frequently repeated for emphasis |
| satiety | excess in drinking or eating |
| holograph | wholly written by the person in whose name it appears |
| morose | gloomily ill-humored |
| mufti | civilian dress |
| joviality | merriment |
| constrained | forced; cramped |
| temerity | reckless boldness |
| desultory | disconnected; unmethodical |
| inveigle | draw by artful inducements |
| irresolution | lack of decision or purpose |
| anoint | to consecrate by applying oil |
| nape | back of the neck |
| caustic | capable of burning or destroying |
| chink | a narrow opening |
| Realism | literary movement: depiction of life as it really is |
| tone | specific mood of a work determined by author's attitude toward subject |
