| A | B |
|---|
| alarmed | frightened or worried |
| windbreak | a row of trees, used to block the wind |
| conch | a large, spiral shell |
| paddock | a fenced in piece of land usually used for grazing horses |
| rustle | a soft sound made by things rubbing together |
| pastimes | pleasant ways of passing time |
| tutor | to teach privately |
| disposition | one's usual way of acting; temperament |
| glumly | in a gloomy way |
| bicker | to disagree in a quarrelsome way |
| impose | to put an unwanted burden on |
| grudge | ill will toward someone |
| irritably | grumpily; crossly |
| scrounging | looking for scraps of food or abandoned materials |
| eavesdropping | listening secretly to a conversation |
| wistfully | longingly; sadly remembering something nice |
| excitable | very emotional; easily excited |
| logical | reasonable to be expected |
| sympathetically | in a way that shows concern for someone else's feelings |
| acquaintance | knowing someone or something |
| tundra | an area in the artic region where there are not trees and the ground in frozen |
| piteously | sorrowfully; in a way that makes others feel sorry for someone |
| surrender | the act of giving up |
| ceases | stops |
| abundant | in large amounts or numbers; more than enough |
| bonding | establishing closer ties or friendships |
| brush | small trees or shrubs |
| spiney | having thorns |
| teeming | full almost overflowing |
| habitat | natural home of a plant or an animal |
| topple | fall over or be pushed over |
| decomposes | decays; rots |
