The Running Dream vocab 2

dangerous

• liable

• ominous

• precarious

• haphazard

extremely embarrassed; humiliated

• precarious

• mangy

• ecstatic

• mortified

legally responsible

• liable

• mortified

• precarious

• mangy

central part of a car wheel through which the axle passes

• adrenaline

• demeanor

• hub

• spiel

behavior; manner of conducting oneself

• leeway

• demeanor

• catapult

• casualty

politeness; courteousness

• demeanor

• civility

• leeway

• hub

shoot forth or launch

• avert

• bristle

• catapult

• chafe

stiffen with fear or anger

• damper

• avert

• chafe

• bristle

a hormone that gives the body extra energy

• leeway

• hub

• adrenaline

• spiel

a lengthy speech or sales pitch whose intent is to persuade

• leeway

• spiel

• hub

• civility