| A | B |
|---|
| Outset | beginning |
| Oppressively | harshly; very uncomfortably |
| Intent | firmly fixer; sharply focused |
| Convey | communicate; carry to another |
| Utter | complete; total |
| Sustain | keep or hold up |
| Reverie | deamy thoughts |
| Take stock | take note; record |
| Bearings | location; direction |
| Veined | streaked; seamed |
| Intrusion | trespassing; entry without permission |
| Oasis | a fertile place in the desert with water |
| Uncanny | mysterious; supernatural |
| Watercress | kind of plant, the leaves of which may be used in a salad |
| Fetch | get and bring back |
| Oilstone | small stone used for sharpening tools |
| Stifling | hot and sticky; suffocating |
| PENDULUM | SWINGING WEIGHT,AS IN AN OLD-FASHIONED CLOCK |
| SPECTER | GHOST: PHANTOM |
| SWOON | FAINT |
| DESPERATION | THE STATE OF UTTER HOPELESSNESS |
| INQUISITORIAL | HAVING TO DO WITH INQUIRY OR QUESTIONING |
| FUNGUS | GROWTHS LIKE MUSHROOMS, MOLDS, AND MILDEWS |
| RESOLVING | DETERMINING; DECIDING FIRMLY |
| PLATE | LARGE, FLAT SHEE, AS OG GLASS |
| CONVOLUTION | COIL; TWISTING ROLL |
| SCYTHE | LONG, CURVED BLADE FOR CUTTING GRASS |
| SWEEP | STEADY,CURVING MOTION |
| PERSECUTOR | ONE WHO PERSECUTES, OR CAUSES OTHERS TO SUFFER |
| IMBECILE | ONE WITH A VERY LIMITED INTELLIGENCE |
| CONVULSIVELY | WITH INSTINCTIVE, UNCONTROLLED MUSCULAR MOVEMENTS |
| COLLECTED | CONTROLLED; UNDISTURBED |
| CESSATION | STOPPING; CEASING |
| Liter | metric measure of volume, a little larger than a quart - here used for the displacement of an engine |
| Wheelbase | distance from front to back wheels |
| Injection | forcing a fluid or gas directly into something |
| Mug | person's face, or the whole person |
| Guv'nor | British for sir or mister (governor |
| Trade | kind of work |
| Tidy | quite large |
| Packet | bundle of something - in this case, money |
| Loom | appear quite suddenly in great size |
| Mum | silent |
| Smoldering | burning in anger |
| Mocking | making fun of |
| Offense | act of wrongdoing; crime |
| Wing | British term for fender |
| Clink | prison |
| Summons | order to appear in court |
| Solicitor | British term for lawyer |
| Crafty | sly; cunning |
| Tin | can |
| Daft | weak-minded; silly |
| Twerp | unimportant person; a nobody (slang) |
| Conjuring | magic |
| Conjuror | magician; sorcerer |
| Huffily | in an offended manner |
| Pound note | main unit of British money |
| Coarse | nasty; impolite |
| Queue | line |
| Quest | search |
| Precipitous | steep, clifflike |
| Wrest | seize, take by force |
| Poaching affray | dispute about hunting on someone else's property |
| Feud | bitter, long-lasting quarrel |
| Carpathians | mountains in eastern Europe |
| Roebuck | Male deer |
| Wont | accustomed, in the habit |
| Skirling | Shrill, high-pitched tones, like those of a bagpipe |
| Marmauder | a person who roams and raids for plunder |
| Ere | before |
| Pinion | to restrain from flight |
| Medley | odd collection |
| Condolence | expression of sympathy |
| Languor | weakness or weariness of body |
| Succor | help, relief |
| Pestilential | like a deadly disease, here used figuratively |
| who were the interlopers | Ulrich |
| how did the interlopers get trapped | trees fell on top of them |
| what did the men see before they died | wolves |
| a family rival(interlopers) | for two centuries |
| feud | biffor, long lasting quarrel |
| quest | search |
| Where were to two men heading off two? | London |
| What was the hitchhikers job? | He was a fingersmith |
| What things did the hitchhiker steal from the cop? | A Black leather belt, wallet, license |
| What kind of car was the man driving? | A big BMW 3.3 Li |
| What is a fingersmith? | An expert with his fingers. A professional pickpocket. |
| Loom | appear quite suddenly in great size |
| Tin | can |
| offense | act of wrongdoing; crime |
| Mum | silent |
| Clink | Prison |
| What did Atkinson draw? | He drew a man in court |
| What was the subject of Withencroft's | A man in the courtroom |
| What is the meaning of the title "August Heat" | The weather played a big part in the story |
| What was Mr. Atikinson doing at the end of the story to get you to believe he was going to kill Withencroft? | Atkinson was laying his tools down |
| bearings | location; direction |
| outset | beginning |
| For what reason did was the prisoner going to be put to death | His Religious belief |
| Who were the people who captured the man | The people were the spanish quisition |
| Who wrote the pit and the pendulum | Edgar allan Poe |
| Did the man escape death | Yes the man used the pendulum to his advantage |
