| A | B |
|---|
| baffled | To cause uncertainty in; puzzled |
| brunt | the main shock or force of an attack |
| calculated | Figured or reckoned |
| chafed | Feel extreme irritation or anger. |
| duds | Informal terms for clothing. |
| fancied | Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. |
| feverishly | To work at a rapid pace. |
| forceps | Used to handle objects that are very small and hard to pick up |
| gaudier | extravagantly bright or showy |
| grudgingly | Doing something when you really don't want to. |
| heartened | Give encouragement to. |
| lanyard | A cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon. |
| resolved | Decided; made up one's mind. |
| rout | to drive or force out; to defeat overwhelmingly. |
| scalpels | A thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery. |
| smug | a look and attitude of self-satisfaction. |
| solicitude | A showing of extreme concern for another. |
| tourniquet | Used only as a last resort when nothing else will work |
| tumult | A state of commotion and noise and confusion. |
| utter | comlete; total; absolute |
| vague | not clear in meaning or intention |
