| A | B |
|---|
| profound | showing a great understanding, requiring deep thought |
| frantic | feeling or showing a lot of fear and worry |
| gritty | containing very small pieces of sand or stone : having or showing a lot of courage and determination |
| battering ram | a large and heavy piece of wood or other material that is used to hit and break through walls and doors |
| fate | the things that will happen to a person or thing : the future that someone or something will have; a power that is believed to control what happens in the future |
| brink | the edge at the top of a steep cliff — usually used figuratively to refer to a point that is very close to the occurrence of something very bad or (less commonly) very good |
| feverishly | involving intense emotion or activity : feeling or showing great or extreme excitement |
| writhing | to twist your body from side to side |
| jostled | to push against (someone) while moving forward in a crowd of people |
| rehabilitation | to bring (someone or something) back to a normal, healthy condition after an illness, injury, drug problem, etc. |
