20 new words I learned:

1. to wander: (verb) to walk somewhere slowly with no particular sense of direction or purpose.  p.67/69
2. Strained: (verb: to strain) to make a great physical or mental effort to do something.   p.67/85
3. Gravelly: (used about a voice) deep and with a rough sound.   p.3
4. Squeaking: (verb: to squeak) a short, high noise that is not very load.  p.39
5. Ambled: (verb) to go at a slow, easy pace.  p.96
6. Squirmed: (verb: to squirm) to move around in your chair because you are nervous, uncomfortable, etc.   p.36/39/42/80/85/88/89
7. Hollered: (verb) to shout or yell/ a load cry used to express pain or surprise, to attract attention, to cry for help,etc.   p.37
8. Juvenile: (adj.) for involving young people who are not yet adults.  p.4/49
9. Delinquents: (noun: delinquency) bad or criminal behavior, often breaking the law. p.49
10. Acrid: (adj.) a strong and bitter smell or taste that is unpleasant.  p.77/78                                                                                                                                           
11. Frantic: (adj.) extremely worried or frightened/very busy or done in a hurry. p.77/78/85/88
12. Haphazard: (adj.) with no particular order or plan.  p.75
13. Brazenly: (adv.) without embarrassment, especially in a way which shocks people.   p.68
14. Maggot: (noun) a young insect before it grows wings and legs and becomes a fly. p.59/83   
15. Reluctantly: (adv.) not wanting to do something because you are not sure if it is the right thing to do. p. 115/54/85
16. Nauseating: (adj.) causing sickness of the stomach  p.67
17. Trembling: (verb: to tremble) to shake, for example, because you are cold, frightened,etc.  p.91
18. Wallowing: (verb: to wallow) to take great pleasure in something.  p.84
19. Swats: (verb: to swat) to hit something, especially an insect, with something flat. p.47/52/91
20. Mauling: (verb: to maul) to attack and injure somebody.  p.69