| A | B |
|---|
| dormant | in a state of rest or sleep |
| whimper | cry with feeble, whining sounds |
| quench | satisfy or extinguish |
| fertile | productive |
| grieved | mourned |
| commotion | disturbance |
| abandoned | left |
| residential | occupied by private houses |
| runt | smallest of litter |
| cease | stop |
| wily | wise; clever |
| persistence | never giving up |
| approve | speak or think of favorably |
| sycamore | shade tree with smooth bark |
| prowling | moving about sneakily |
| numb | lacking physical or emotional feeling |
| limber | flexible; easily bent |
| confidence | assurance; trust |
| quivering | trembling |
| fad | popular fashion |
| momentum | strength or force that keeps growing |
| nonchalantly | casually |
| belligerent | quarrelsome |
| predicament | problem |
| desert | abandon |
| riled | angered |
| sincere | honest |
