| A | B |
|---|
| discombobulate | confuse |
| rhetoric | using words effectively in speaking or writing |
| feinted | made a pretense of attack |
| plaintively | sorrowfully; mournfully |
| undulating | wavy in form |
| semblance | deceptive appearance |
| avarice | greediness |
| alms | money given to poor people |
| indigent | needy; poor |
| bulwark | protection |
| dissembling | concealing true feelings with false appearance |
| benign | good natured; harmless |
| spurned | kicked; rejected |
| lethargy | laziness or indifference |
| edifice | imposing structure |
| leprosy | a disfiguring disease |
| covert | hiding place |
| goading | urging |
| monolithic | made from one block |
| scoffed | mocked; made fun of |
| malignant | harmful |
| nebulous | vague; unclear |
| static | not changing or progressing |
| indiscretion | lack of judgment |
| assiduously | carefully and busily |
| atones | makes amends for wrongdoing |
| plebeian | common; ordinary |
| eminent | well-known; of high achievement |
| haggard | having a tired look |
| presentable | suitable to be seen by others |
| insolently | boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior |
| retribution | a punishment deserved for a wrong done |
| incredulously | with doubt or disbelief |
| renounced | gave up |
| simutaneously | at the same time |
| calamity | a great misfortune or disaster |
