| A | B |
| suspense | the uncertainty or anxiety a reader feels about what will happen next in a story |
| monotonous | lacking in variety; tedious |
| horde | a large group; a mass or crowd; a moving pack or swarm of animals |
| cease | to stop; to come to an end |
| suffice | provide enough |
| receding | moving back |
| fathom | understand |
| dominate | to rule over; to overshadow |
| incessantly | continuing without interruption; ceaseless |
| distinguish | to recognize as distinct or different |
| maniacal | suggestive of or afflicted with insanity |
| edible | fit to be eaten |
| multitude | a great number; numerousness |
| derisive | scornful and ridiculing |
| predominating | to be the stronger or leading element or force |
| mingle | to mix or combine |
| imagery | descriptive words and phrases that appeal to the senses |
| personification | figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to a nonhuman |