| 20 | accompanied | to go together with |
| anxiously | afraid or nervous especially about what may happen | |
| instructor | a person who teaches a subject or skill; a teacher in a college or university who is not a professor | |
| torture | the act of causing severe physical pain as a form of punishment or as a way to force someone to do or say something | |
| chamber | a usually large room | |
| dictated | to speak or read (something) to a person who writes it down or to a machine that records it | |
| wandered | to move around or go to different places usually without having a particular purpose or direction | |
| regained | to get (something) again : to get back (something that you lost) | |
| composure | calmness especially of mind, manner, or appearance | |
| clutches | the act of holding or gripping something or someone tightly | |
| ambled | to walk slowly in a free and relaxed way | |
| dragged | to pull (someone or something that is heavy or difficult to move) | |
| acquaintance | someone who is known but who is not a close friend | |
| candidate | someone who is taking an exam; a student in the process of meeting final requirements for a degree | |
| bound | very likely or certain to do or to be something | |
| 21 | startled | to surprise or frighten (someone) suddenly and usually not seriously |
| timidly | with feeling or showing a lack of courage or confidence | |
| fellow | a male person : a boy or man | |
| booklet | a book with only a few pages that contains information on one subject | |
| immensely | very great in size or amount | |
| 22 | enthusiastic | feeling or showing strong excitement about something : filled with or marked by enthusiasm |
| contradictory | involving or having information that disagrees with other information : containing a contradiction | |
| as awed | a moment of a strong feeling of fear or respect and also wonder | |
| composition | a piece of writing | |
| theme | the main subject that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing, a movie, etc. | |
| pen-nib | the pointed metal tip of a pen | |
| ruined | destroyed or badly damaged so that only parts remain | |
| gall | extreme confidence expressed in a way that is impolite | |
| jab | to push something sharp or hard quickly or suddenly into or toward someone or something | |
| ribs | any one of the curved bones of the chest that connect to the spine | |
| prohibited | to order (someone) not to use or do something — + from | |
| infraction | an act that breaks a rule or law : violation | |
| confirmation | a ceremony in which someone becomes a full, adult member of a religion | |
| suit | a set of clothes or protective covering that is worn for a special purpose or under particular conditions | |
| shrugged | to raise and lower your shoulders usually to show that you do not know or care about something | |
| delinquent | a young person who regularly does illegal or immoral things | |
| 23 | wrought up | very excited or upset |
| oral | of or relating to the mouth | |
| dreaded | to fear something that will or might happen | |
| misery | extreme suffering or unhappiness | |
| dizziness | feeling that you are turning around in circles and are going to fall even though you are standing still | |
| break out in laughter | laugh | |
| in a big muddle | in a state of confusion or disorder | |
| hand trembling | hand shaking slightly because you are afraid, nervous, excited, etc. |