| A | B |
|---|
| lingering | lasting for a long time; slow to end |
| reluctantly | unwilling; disinclined |
| somber | dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy |
| succinct | briefly and clearly expressed |
| draped | arrange (cloth or clothing) loosely or casually on or around something |
| exception | excluded from a general statement; does not follow a rule |
| resurrected | restore (a dead person) to life |
| exertion | physical or mental effort |
| whirring | make a low, continuous, regular sound |
| eerie | strange and frightening |
| stuttering | stammer, stumble, falter |
| looming | shadowy form that is large/threatening |
| pendulum | weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely |
| pang | sudden sharp pain or painful emotion |
| corridor | long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms |
| seared | burn or scorch the surface with a sudden, intense heat |
| revved | increase the running speed of an engine; make more active |
| solemnly | grave; sober; mirthless |
| pulsating | vibrate; quiver |
| bulbous | bulb-shaped; bulging |
| pruning | to cut or lop off; remove |
| shroud | envelopes/obscures; length of cloth/garment a dead person is wrapped for burial |
| sallow | unhealthy yellow or pale brown color |
| combust | consume by fire |
| dire | extremely serious or urgent event |
| grotesquely | very ugly or comically distorted figure, creature, or image |
| whatnot | item/s not identified but felt to have something in common with items already named |
| apricot | fruit/tree that bears the fruit |
| undeniable | beyond doubt or question; undebatable, |
| horrendous | extremely unpleasant; terrible |
| cringing | inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust |
| morbid | abnormal/unhealthy interest in death & disease. |
| imitate | take or follow as a model; copy |
| cylinder | mathematical shape like a bullet |
| squinted | to look at something with partially closed eyes |
| torso | main part of the human body not including the head, arms, & legs |
| adrenaline | substance released in someon feeling strong emotion such as excitement/fear/anger; heart palpitates |
| pursuit | following someone; job/hobby |
| oddity | strange or peculiar person, thing, or trait |
| devoid | entirely lacking or free from |
| adamantly | unyielding attitude/opinion |
| awed | filled with wonder |
| belligerence | aggressive/warlike behavior |
| gamut | the complete range of something |
| trainee | person training for a job/profession |
| ordeal | painful/horrific experience |
| glazed | overlay; cover |
| cue | something said/done as a signal for action |
| entwined | twisted together |
| elation | great happiness/exhilaration |
| oblidge | do something asked of you |
| surge | sudden powerful force |
| interspersed | scatter; place at intervals among other things |
| scuttled | run with quick, hasty steps |
| stupor | suspension; lack of sensibility |
| teetering | move unsteadily |
| tinge | impart a trace or slight degree of color |
| serum | healing, medical fluid/liquid |
| elated | very happy or proud; jubiliant |
| sparsely | thinly scattered or distributed |
| relentlessly | never giving up |
| emanating | to flow out; issue; proceed |
| vengeance | punishment/retribution exacted for a wrong/injury |
| plummeted | fall/drop straight down at a high speed |
| devoid | lacking of form |
| perched | alight or rest on something |
| dejected | sad; depressed |
| faltered | start to lose strength/momentum |
| sprawled | fall in an awkward way |
| salvegeable | saving something/someone important |
| recesses | small space usually in a wall |
| steeled | mentally prepare oneself to do something difficult |
| pursuer | follow something/someone to attack |
| momentum | object's tendency to move in same direction at same speed |
| adjoining | next to something |
| vertigo | loss of balance |
| tactic | action/strategy carefully planned for specific end |
| menacing | threatening |
| mammoth | very large |
| flump | to plump down suddenly or heavily; flop |
| protruding | sticking out; projecting |
| shuddered | tremble convulsively |
| twilight | diffused light just before daybreak or nightfall |
| comatose | lacking alertness or energy; torpid |
| charred | partially burned; blackened surface |
| flailing | waving/swinging arms wildly |
| dilapidated | fallen into ruin |
| cavorting | leap/dance in a lively manner |
| exertion | use a lot of physical/mental energy |
| clanging | produce a loud resonant sound |
| rounded | to go around a corner quickly |
| blur | unclear; less distinct |
| glimmer | shine weakly |
| grogginess | dazed or tired |
| ajar | partially open; not entirely shut |
| zigzagging | frequent sharp turns from side to side |
| antidote | a remedy/medicine to counteract poison |
| murmur | mumbled expression |
| afloat | not sinking/falling |
| cranny | small, narrow opening |
| wisp | small, thin bunch of something; small child |
| mildew | whitish coating of fungus on a plant |
| fluorescent | bright, vivid or glowing |
| murmured | say something softly; group speaking quietly |
| sap | foolish, gullible person |
| speculating | forming a theory |
| mirth | amusement |
| starkly | severe or bare - such as a landscape |
| craggy | rough; uneven |
| dazed | stupefy; bewilder |
| sodden | saturated with liquid |
| engaged | busy, occupied |
| relished | liking/enjoying something |
| predicament | difficult/unpleasant/embarrassing situation |
| deluge | inundate with a great quantity of something |
| faded | gradually grow fainter |
| crescendo | gradual increase in loudness/intensity |
| hovering | wait/linger close at hand in a tentative/uncertain manner |
| solidified | make stronger; reinforce |
| catapulting | move suddenly or at great speed |
| consumed | use up as a resource |
| lacerations | deep cut/tear in the flesh |
| decline | move downward |
| horizontally | level, flat, plane, smoothly |
| apparitions | appearance of something remarkable/unexpected; ghost like imge |
| sinister | impression that something harmful/evil is happening ; ominous |
| mannerisms | habitual gesture or way of speaking/behaving |
| condescending | patronizing superiority; snobbish |
| rattled | cause (someone) to feel nervous/worried/irritated |
