| A | B |
|---|
| allas | an assumed name, especially as used to hide one's identity; otherwise called |
| amble | to walk slowly, stroll; an easy pace; a leisurely walk |
| burly | big and strong; muscular |
| distort | to give a false or misleading account of; to twist out of shape |
| dogged | persisten, stubbornly determined,refusing to give up |
| dumbfounded | so amazed that one is unable to speak, bewildered |
| extinct | no longer in existence; no longer active; gone out of use |
| fossil | the petrified remains or traces of an animal or plant that lived in the past; an extremely old-fashioned person or thing; having qualities that belong to a remote past |
| grit | very fine sand or gravel; courage in the face of harship or danger; to grind; to make a grating sound |
| inevitable | sure to happen, unavoidable |
