| A | B |
| appalled | to feel horror or shock or dismay |
| basic | main or fundamental |
| buckskin | tan leather made from the skins of deer |
| coherent | sticking together; making sense |
| defiant | to stand up against; oppose boldly |
| despised | to dislike strongly;hate |
| episode | a happening or event |
| minuscule | tiny;small |
| minute | sixty seconds |
| secondhand | hand on the clock that counts seconds |
| petrified | frozen in fear |
| quivered | to shake |
| ravenously | very hungry or greedy |
| rigid | stiff; not moving |
| temptation | something that tempts |
| torso | main part of the body |
| sarcastic | mocking of sneering remarks |
| tantalizing | to tease or disappoint by offering something and then taking it back |
| uncompromisingly | not giving in at all |
| unwarily | not watchful or on one's guard |