Vocabulary II

Fade: to lose brightness or vividness of color.

Aim: to intend or direct for a particular effect or purpose

Steer: to be steered or guided in a particular direction or manner.

Crawling:  to behave in a remorseful, abject, or cringing manner:

Struggled: to contend with an adversary or opposing force. 

Stream: any flow of water or other liquid or fluid

Tender: soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough

Chase: to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc

Rollercoaster: to experience a period of prosperity, happiness, security, or the like, followed by a contrasting period of economic depression, despair, or the like

Shiver: to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.

Stutter: to speak in such a way that the rhythm is interrupted by repetitions, blocks or spasms, or prolongations of sounds or syllables, sometimes accompanied by contortions of the face and body.

Bullet: a small metallic missile

Mainstay: chief support

Draught: a current of air.

Gust: a sudden blast of wind.

Rip: to tear

Spiel: a glib style of talk

Glib: fluent and easy

Veer: to alter direction

Blab: to divulge

Countermand: to revoke or cancel.

Saucer: small round dish on which a cup is set.

Inebriate: to make drunk

Kettle: metal container with a handle and spout fir boiling water.