| A | B |
| Tawny | light brown to brownish orange |
| Sinewy | muscular |
| Ebony | black; color of ebony wood |
| Lynched | killed by mob action without due process of law |
| Bootleg | illegal |
| Resiliency | ability to recover quickly |
| Emitted | gave out; as a sound or scent |
| Inaccessible | unapproachable; remote or hard to reach |
| Dejected | disheartened |
| Coddling | babying; treating in an indulgent way |
| Glowered | stared angrily |
| Stealthily | secretively; sneakily |
| Oblivious | not mindful; lacking awareness |
| Murky | cloudy |
| Careened | swerved; lurched |
| Disgruntled | cross; dicontented |
| Defiantly | in a manner resisting authority |
| Quizzically | in a puzzled or questioning manner |
| Transfixed | made motionless by fear |
| Precariously | in a dangerously insecure or unstable way |
| Caravan | a group of travelers banded together for safety |
| Conspiratorially | as if plotting together |
| Formidable | fearful; threatening; dreadful |
| Surveyed | looked over |