| A | B |
|---|
| fatalist | one who believes all events are determined by fate |
| falter | stumble, waver, hesitate |
| improvise | make do with whatever is at hand |
| jubilation | happy celebration |
| kindle | excite interest |
| ostentatious | showy |
| sustenance | nourishment |
| zeal | enthusiasm |
| domestic | having to do with the home |
| subdued | conquered; made less intense |
| advisability | sensibility, wisdom |
| disgruntled | unhappy |
| inarticulate | unable to speak |
| onslaught | violent attack |
| gauntlet | form of punishment wherein the offender goes between two lines of people poised to hit him/her. |
| intuition | knowing something without conscious reasoning |
| poise | ease and dignity of manner |
| animation | liveliness |
| foreboding | feeling something bad will happen |
| indignation | anger at something unjust |
| remorse | guilt |
| ineffectual | doesn't work |
| insistent | demanding |
| convulsive | shaking violently |
