| A | B |
| captivity | held in a pen |
| decency | goodness |
| detested | hated |
| glutton | one who eats and drinks too much |
| gosling | baby goose |
| hominy | dried, white corn that has been boiled |
| hysterics | a wild fit of laughing or crying |
| inheritance | something you get from someone who died |
| injustice | an unfair act |
| lair | home of a wild animal |
| loathed | find disgusting |
| oblige | to do a favor for |
| peered | look closely to see something clearly |
| rambled | to speak in a confusing way |
| rigid | very stiff |
| runt | smallest of a litter |
| salutations | a greeting |
| sedentary | not active - sitting a lot |
| spinnerets | the part of a spider where the silk comes out |
| trough | container for animal food or water |