| A | B |
|---|
| exasperated | annoyed; irritated |
| expertise | expert advice or opinion; specialized knowledge |
| imploring | begging; pleading |
| empower | authorized; enabled; permitted |
| rueful | inspiring pity or compassion |
| stealthily | slyly; covertly |
| meticulous | careful; exacting |
| emphatically | boldly; definitely |
| frazzled | worn out nerves; unraveled; worn away |
| exquisite | beautifully made or designed beautifully as to arouse delight |
| tantalize | to tease or torment |
| imperceptibly | barely noticable |
| agonizing | extremely painful, suffering great anguish |
| trudged | plod; walk in a heavy-footed way; tedious walking |
| lethargy | sluggish indifference |
| deftly | skillfully |
| dosage | amount of medicine |
| admonition | a warning; a scolding |
| mutilate | to cut; to tear; to mangle |
| infraction | the breaking of a rule or law |
