| A | B |
|---|
| concentrate | to think hard, to focus |
| distracted | to draw attention to a different thought or subject |
| intruder | to come without invitation, a trespasser |
| miniature | very small or tiny |
| pediatrician | children's doctor |
| squirming | constant movement |
| loomed | to appear large or threatening |
| pronouncement | official announcement |
| stifled | repress, to keep in check |
| precise | very exact, accurate |
| token | wood or metal resembling a coin |
| scrounge | to collect |
| vague | not sharply outline, unclear |
| indignant | anger aroused by something unjust or unfair |
| reckoned | regarded or considered |
| potions | doses of liquid medicine |
| garbled | distorted |
| salves | healing ointment |
| staffs | long heavy wood, used as weapons |
| palsy | uncontrollable shaking of the body |
| edicts | law or order given by king or person in authority |
| pallet | straw filled mattress for sleeping |
| lunged | leap forward suddenly |
| traitor | one who betrays another's trust |
| topography | surface features of the land |
| contracted | to catch |
| administering | to give as a remedy |
