VOCABULARY AND ALLUSIONS IN THREE LITTLE WORDS

Tautness (224) emotionally ormentally strained or tenseThe Little Engine That Could (213)Provoking (225) to anger, enrage,exasperate, or vexHorned in (229) search or inquire in ameddlesome wayIntimidated (229) to make timid; fillwith fearBizarre (230) markedly unusual inappearance, style, or generalcharacterMolten (231) liquefied by heat; in astate of fusion; meltedExhilaration (235) the state of beingstimulated, refreshed, or elatedIcons (237) One who is the object ofgreat attention and devotion; an idol.www.cyclebetes.comSauna (221)www.apexsaunasteam.comSushi (224)Precocious (237) unusuallyadvanced or mature in development,esp. mental developmentDefiant (238) characterized bydefiance; boldly resistant orchallengingSarcastically (239) Speaking in abitter, derisive, or ironic mannerMusky (239) the scents of asubstance secreted in a glandularsac under the skin of the abdomen ofthe male musk deer, having a strongodor, and used in perfumeryWafted (241) to carry lightly andsmoothly through the air or overwatersporeflections.wordpress.comYellow tail (224)www.flickr.comDave Thomas Foundation (227)www.adoptex.org