Vocabulary

2. move with a curving trajectory.
4. (especially of a muscle or someone's body) stretched tight or rigid.
6. the feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by the suffering and misfortunes of others.
8. (of a boat, sailor, or sea creature) left aground on a shore.
11. a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe.
12. having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed or made angry.
14. a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior.
16. a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.

1. rough or loose in texture or grain.
3. a sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act.
5. the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
7. walk through water or another liquid or soft substance.
9. make (someone) lose their sense of direction.
10. an educational talk to an audience, especially to students in a university or college.
13. cause (someone) to feel consternation and distress.
15. an elongated seed vessel of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting open on both sides when ripe.