- acrid: adj. Sharp, irritating, or bitter to the taste or smell.
- casualty: n. A person killed or injured in a war or accident.
- congested: adj. 1. Overcrowded; filled too much. 2. Filled with fluid.
- congestion: n. 1. The condition of being overcrowded. 2. The condition of being filled with fluid.
- cope: v. To manage problems or difficulties successfully.
- headlong: adj. With great speed or force; reckless. adv.: Recklessy; without time for careful thought.
- hurtle: v. To move with great force and speed.
- impede: v. To get in the way of; to interfere with the movement of.
- impediment: n. An obstacle; something that gets in the way.
- inevitable: adj. Bound to happen; unavoidable.
- initiate: v. 1. To put into effect; to bring into use. 2. To take in as a member.
- initiation: n. 1. The act of beginning. 2. The ceremony or process that makes one a member.
- irate: adj. Very angry; furious.
- lax: adj. 1. Not strictly enforced; undemanding; careless. 2. Not tight; loose.
- negligence: n. The quality, state, or act of being negligent.
- negligent: adj. Failing to take proper care of or to give proper attention to.
- smolder: v. 1. To burn slowly without bursting into flames. 2. To exist in a hidden state before bursting into the open.
- stringent: adj. Strict; severe.
- throng: n. A large number of people gathered together; a crowd. v. To gather or move in large numbers.