| muffle | to deaden sound |
| partition | something that divides |
| prowls | roams quietly |
| prose | anything not poetry |
| anxiously | nervously |
| nonchalant | unconcerned |
| sarcastically | in a mocking tone |
| laughingstock | object of ridicule |
| culprit | guilty person |
| privileges | special rights |
| groveling | crawling face-down |
| cringe | to shrink back |
| propeller | rotating blades |
| pneumonia | disease of the lungs |
| flustered | confused |