| A | B |
|---|
| harbored | entertained or nourished a thought or feeling |
| abiding | remaining in place |
| notion | mental image or representation |
| astounded | bewildered |
| sullen | gloomy or somber in tone or color |
| swaggering | walking or conducting oneself in an arrogant manner |
| lurched | rolled or pitched suddenly |
| gravelly | having a harsh sound |
| whittle | to cut or shape wood with a knife |
| ignorant | lacking education |
| defiantly | in a boldly resistant way |
| astonishing | surprising |
| buoyed | kept afloat |
| slathered | spread thickly |
| towering | to appear at or rise to a conspicuous height |
| leprosy | a chronic disease caused by an infection |
| squat | short and thick |
| tattered | torn to shreds |
| drape | to hang or rest limply |
| willed | induced by sheer force |
| fierce | extremely intense |
| exertion | strenuous effort, work |
| seeped | passed slowly through small openings |
| evaporated | disappeared or vanished |
| hobo | a bum |
| flitting | moving about rapidly and nimbly |
| billowed | to swell out |
| fervently | with passion |
| gunned | accelerated |
| mocking | mimicking, imitating |
| pelting | casting or hurling |
| dismayed | upset or alarmed |
| materialized | appeared, especially suddenly |
| reproachful | to reprimand in a gentle, corrective way |
| shards | fragments of brittle substance such as glass or metal |
| conjure | summoned by magical or supernatural power |
| oblivious | lacking conscious awareness; unaware |
| emancipators | people who free others from bondage |
| gratitude | a feeling of thankfulness |
