| Term | Definition |
| portrait | (noun) a picture, painting, or photo of someone's face |
| corridor | (noun) a passage connecting parts of a building; a long hallway |
| scrawl | (verb) to write carelessly or in a sloppy way |
| exhausted | (adj) very tired |
| casting | (verb) putting or placing in a certain direction (like with a shadow) |
| slumped | (verb) to slouch, sit in a hunched over way |
| zombie | (noun) a dead person come back to life |
| bugged | (verb) to annoy |
| storage | (noun) a place or room built to put a lot of stuff |
| lawyer | (noun) a person who gives people advice on the laws and represents them in court |
| goons | (noun) a hired hoodlum or thug |
| hinges | (noun) a flexible device that allows turning at its point (like the things that hold a door onto the frame) |
| furiously | (adverb) to act in a very violent and angry way |
| struggling | (verb) having a challenging time; fighting to stay on top |
| F.B.I. (Federal Bureau of Investigations | (noun) a department in the government that investigates and solves mysteries and crimes |
| C.I.A. (Central Intelligence Agency) | (noun) a department in the government that collects information about people who might be a threat to the USA |
| rumple | (v) to make something wrinkled or messy |