| A | B |
| alias | an assumed name, especially as used to hide one's identity |
| amble | to walk slowly, stroll; an easy pace; a leisurely walk |
| burly | big and strong; muscular |
| distort | to give a false or misleading account of; to twist out of shape |
| ingrained | fixed deeply and firmly; working into the grain of fiber; forming a part of the inmost being |
| dumbfounded | so amazed that one is unable to speak, bewildered |
| extinct | no longer in existence; no longer active; gone out of use |
| grit | very fine sand or gravel; courage in the face of hardship or danger; to grind; to make a grating sound |
| inevitable | sure to happen, unavoidable |
| dogged | persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up |