The Keeper of the Keys

Jerk: to give a quick suddenly arrested push, pull, or twist to

Smash: a hard overhand stroke

Overhand: made with the hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level

Hinge: a jointed or flexible device on which a door, lid, or other swinging part turns

Deafening: very loud

Shaggy: covered with or consisting of long, coarse, or matted hair

Matted: a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support

Mane: long heavy hair on a person's head

Tangled: exceedingly complex

Beard: the hair that grows on a man's face often excluding the mustache

Mustache: the hair growing on the human upper lip

Glinting: of rays of light

Stoop: to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees

Strode: past tense of stride

Stride: to move with or as if with long steps

Budge up: to move in order to make space for someone, especially when sitting

Come on, you great lump: get up from that sofa and do some work

Squeak: to utter or make a short shrill cry or noise

Crouch: to lower the body stance especially by bending the legs

Fierce: violently hostile or aggressive in temperament

Temperament: characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response

Crinkle: to form many short bends or ripples

Rasp: to utter in a raspy tone

Trodden: past participle of tread

Tread on (someone's) toes: to do something that upsets or offends (someone)

Tremble: to shake involuntarily (as with fear or cold)

Icing: a sweet flavored usually creamy mixture used to coat baked goods

Grate: a barred frame for cooking over a fire

Shrivel: to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture

Crisp: easily crumbled

Crumble: to break into small pieces

Packet: a small bundle or parcel

Snort: to force air violently through the nose with a rough harsh sound

Roaring: great in intensity or degree

Flickering: moving or shining irregularly or unsteadily

Sag: to droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

Squashy: softly wet

Swig: a quantity drunk at one time

Sizzling: to burn up or sear with or as if with a hissing sound

Poker: a metal rod for stirring a fire

Fidget: to move or act restlessly or nervously

Chuckle: to laugh inwardly or quietly

Pudding: blood sausage

Gulp: to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one swallow

Cower: to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays

Growl: to utter a growl

Quail: to recoil in dread or terror

Dread: to fear greatly

Furious: exhibiting or goaded by anger

Rage: violent and uncontrolled anger

Ashen: of, relating to, or made from ash wood

Grunt: the deep short sound characteristic of a hog

Hog: any of various animals related to the domesticated swine

Swore: past tense of swear

Shriek: to cry out in a high-pitched voice

Dratted: damn

Spawn: the eggs of aquatic animals (such as fishes or oysters) that lay many small eggs

Freak: a sudden and odd or seemingly pointless idea or turn of the mind

Rant: to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

Scuttle: a short swift run

Outrage: an act of violence or brutality

Gargoyle: a person with an ugly face

Blimey: gorblimey

Gorblimey: used to express amazement, surprise, or perplexity

Shudder: to tremble convulsively

Foghorn: a horn (as on a ship) sounded in a fog to give warning

Curse: a prayer or invocation for harm or injury to come upon one

Ruin: to damage irreparably

Reparable: capable of being repaired

Tosh: foolish talk or activity

Glare: to stare angrily or fiercely

Clench: to hold fast

Weirdo: a person who is extraordinarily strange or eccentric

Eccentric: deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways

Wizard: one skilled in magic

Battered: damaged or worn down by hard use

Spear: a thrusting or throwing weapon with long shaft and sharp head or blade

Codswallop: words or ideas that are foolish or untrue

Trance: a sleeplike state (as of deep hypnosis) usually characterized by partly suspended animation with diminished or absent sensory and motor activity

Reckon: estimate

Stump: challenge

Blazing: burning very brightly and intensely

Clout: to hit forcefully

Toad: any of numerous anuran amphibians (especially family Bufonidae) that are distinguished from the related frogs by being more terrestrial in habit though returning to water to lay their eggs, by having a build that is squatter and shorter with weaker and shorter hind limbs, and by having skin that is rough, dry, and warty rather than smooth and moist

Sorcerer: wizard

Revenge: an act or instance of retaliating in order to get even

Retaliate: to return like for like

Boa: any of a family (Boidae) of large snakes that kill by constriction and that includes the boa constrictor, anaconda, and python

Beam: to smile with joy

Give in: surrender

Hiss: to make a sharp sibilant sound

Wand: a slender rod used by conjurers and magicians

Growl: to complain angrily

Crackpot: one given to eccentric or lunatic notions

Lunatic: insane

Squeal: to make a shrill cry or noise

Clasp: embrace

Howl: to emit a loud sustained doleful sound characteristic of members of the dog family

Slam: to shut forcibly and noisily

Rueful: exciting pity or sympathy

Eyebrow: the ridge over the eye or the hair growing usually in a line or arch on the skin over it

Eyelid: either of the movable folds of skin and muscle that can be closed over the eyeball

Eyelashes: the fringe of hair edging the eyelid — usually used in plural

Grateful: appreciative of benefits received

Gamekeeper: a person in charge of the breeding and protection of game animals or birds on a private preserve

Kip: sleep

Wriggle: to move the body or a bodily part to and fro with short writhing motions like a worm

Dormouse: any of numerous small, nocturnal, furry-tailed Old World rodents (family Myoxidae synonym Gliridae) that live mainly in trees and resemble small squirrels

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