| A | B |
| conceived | To form or develop in the mind; devise |
| dissimulation | Concealing one's true feelings or intentions |
| Vexed | To bring distress or suffering to; plague or afflict |
| Sagacity | The quality of being discerning |
| Hearkening | Listening |
| Unperceived | Unnoticed |
| acuteness | Reacting readily to impressions; sensitive |
| audacity | Boldness;daring |
| Derision | Scoffing; ridicule |
| intemperate | Not moderate |
| Malevolence | Ill will toward others; rancor; malice; evil influence |
| irrevocable | Can't be turned back |
| Perverseness | Quality of being directed away from what is right or good |
| atrocity | An appalling or atrocious action |
| apparition | A ghostly figure |
| odious | Evoking feelings or repulsion |
| Pertinacity | Persistence; tenacity; without quitting |
| Succumbed | Gave in |
| consigned | Handed over |