| A | B |
| edge | to move little by little; to move slowly |
| exception | novelty; oddity; something to which a rule doesn't apply |
| fringe | an area on the border of something |
| ladle | a long-handled spoon with a deep bowl; scooper |
| crouch | to lower the body by bending the legs |
| serpent | a snake or snakelike creature |
| shriek | to yell in a loud, high-pitched voice |
| slither | to slip and slide as snakes do |
| throb | to beat in a pulsing, often painful, way |
| ricochet | to bounce off something at an angle |