| A | B |
|---|
| raved | talked with much enthusiasm |
| gurgled | made a bubbling sound |
| scowled | an angry sullen look |
| responsibility | obliged or expected to account for; accountable; answerable |
| threshold | doorway |
| plunged | throw or thrust with force into a liquid, place, or condition |
| bumbling | making mistakes |
| rumple | a wrinkle; crease |
| esteemed | held in high regard |
| seized | take hold of suddenly; clutch; grasp |
| deliberately | carefully thought out ahead of time |
| agonized | causing great suffering |
| illuminated | added light |
| ladleful | a large cup-shaped spoon full of liquid |
| brandishing | to wave or shake in a fierce manner |
| furious | filled with wild fierce anger |
| subtlety | having the quality of being delicate, fine, not obvious |
| nuzzled | rubbed with the nose |
| dazed | made unable to think clearly |
| staggered | became unsteady, reeled |
| solemn | serious, grave, earnest |
| extinquished | brought to an end |
| politics | the science and art of government |
| beckoned | signaled by motion of hand |
