| A | B |
|---|
| vittles | a name for food used by country people |
| puny | small and weak |
| whimper | to cry softly or whine |
| wilier | trickier, more cunning |
| hilarious | wildly funny |
| wringing | twisting and squeezing |
| trespassing | going onto someone's land without permission |
| stingy | cheap, penny-pinching |
| whirlpool | a spiraling current of water that will suck someone into it |
| investigate | look into something to find an answer |
| fluttered | moved through the air with small, quick movements |
| flicker | to shine unsteadily |
| wobble | move unsteadily |
| eavesdropping | listening in on someone's conversation |
| thug | someone you think of disapprovingly as a criminal, a hooligan |
| pervasive | felt throughout a place or thing |
| discrimination | treating people less fairly than others |
| prohibit | forbid |
| segregation | the practice of keeping groups of people separate |
| quest | a search for something, pursuit |
| precious | valuable, loved, treasured |
