- acute: with a sharp point, keen and alert, sharp and severe
- bluster: to talk or chat in a noisy, threatening way; speech that is loud or threatening
- bungle: to act or work clumsilyand awkwardly
- commentary: a series of notes clarifying or explaining; an expression of opinion
- duration: the length of time that something continues or lasts
- eerie: causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious
- facet: one aspect of side of a subject or problem; one side of a gem
- fidelity: the state of being faithful; exactness, accuracy of details
- fray: a brawl, a noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing, make ragged ro worn
- headstrong: willful, stubborn
- inhabitant: one loving permanently in a given place
- numb: having lost the power of feeling or movement; to dull the feelings of
- pacify: to make peaceful or calm; to soothe
- ravenous: greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction
- refute: to prove incorrect
- remorse: deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds
- setback: something that interferes with progress, a disappointment
- smug: overly self-satisfied
- synopsis: a brief statement giving a gneral view of some subject; a summary
- tarry: to delay leaving, to linger, wait