| A | B |
|---|
| menacing | threatening |
| earnestly | intesely; seriously |
| banter | witty and animated joking |
| jeering | speaking or calling out in mockery |
| enforcer | one who gives force to; one who carries out effectively |
| mercifully | fortunately |
| berserk | frenzied; crazed |
| momentum | strength or force gained by motion |
| pantomiming | conveying a story by bodily movements |
| scarce | intentionally absent |
| gnat | a type of small flying bug |
| turpentine | a yellowish-brown fluid obtained from pine and fur trees |
| whipporwills | nocturnal birds in eastern North America. The distinctive call of these birds is reflected in their name |
| gong | a disk-shaped instrument or bell that is struck with a hmmer as a signal |
| Erector set | a toy construction set |
| The Three Stooges | a group of slapstick comedians. They made hundreds of theatrical short films in the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's. This was the longest such series in history |
