| A | B |
| evasive | trying to get away from or avoid |
| precaution | care taken beforehand |
| marooned | left alone in a helpless situation; abandoned |
| embedded | fixed firmly within |
| phony | not real |
| marveled | felt amazement |
| dealings | ways of acting |
| shrugged | raised the shoulders as an expression of doubt |
| clambered | climbed |
| disintegrated | break up |
| flinched | drew back |
| lunge | move forward suddenly |
| mustiness | damp smell |
| outburst | pouring out of anger |
| terrain | ground |
| lean-to | a shelter built against a tree or post with one side open |
| vetoed | saying no, not consenting |
| tinder | anything that catches fire easily |
| grouse | a kind of game bird |
| banked | cover a fire so that it would burn slowly |
| pose | present |
| bolt | discharge of lightning |
| pupil | the black spot in the center of the eye |
| buckled | collapsed |
| crude | rough |
| massive | large |
| negated | ruled out |
| vital | very important |
| ethics | system of moral values |
| kilometer | unit for measuring distance |