Aloof: not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.

Anguished: experiencing or expressing severe mental or physical pain or suffering.

Appraised: assess the value or quality of.

Apprehensive: anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

Barley: Barley is a grain that is used to make food, beer, and whisky.

Belligerently: inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness.

Bemused: puzzled, confused, or bewildered.

Bewildered: perplexed and confused; very puzzled.

Bindle: a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.

Brusquely: markedly short and abrupt.

Brutally: in a savagely violent way.

Consoled: comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment.

Contemplated: look thoughtfully for a long time at.

Contorted: twisted or bent out of the normal shape.

Cowering: crouch down in fear.

Crestfallen: sad and disappointed.

Debris: scattered pieces of rubbish or remains.

Dejectedly: low in spirits: depressed

Derision: contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

Derogatory: showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.

Disarming: (of manner or behaviour) having the effect of allaying suspicion or hostility,
especially through charm.

Droned: make a continuous low humming sound.

Dutifully: conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one's duty.

Earnestly: with sincere and intense conviction; seriously.

Gingham: lightweight plain-woven cotton cloth, typically checked in white and a bold colour.

Hovered: remain in one place in the air.

Imperiously: marked by arrogant assurance

Indignation: anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment.

Juncture: a particular point in events or time.

Lumbered: move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Monotonous: dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest.

Morosely: in a very unhappy or annoyed way.

Mottled: marked with spots or smears of colour.

Pantomime: a theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, which involves music, topical jokes,
and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around
Christmas.

Quivered: tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion.

Receptive: able to receive signals or stimuli.

Recumbent: (especially of a person or effigy) lying down.

Reprehensible: deserving reproach or punishment.

Resignedly: in a way that expresses giving in to the insistence of another or to

circumstances beyond one's control.

Scornfully: feeling or showing disgust and anger.

Scuttled: run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps.

Sceptically: not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.

Skittering: move lightly and quickly or hurriedly.

Skipping: move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.

Sullen: bad-tempered and sulky.

Unnerving: causing one to lose courage or confidence; disconcerting.

Writhed: make twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.

Yammered: make a loud, repetitive noise.