Vocabulary
1. whittling: to cut small bits from wood
2. futile: no useful results
3. bewitching: fascinating
4. doggedly: stubborn
5. hitchhiking: to get free rides along the road
6. protrude: to push or thrust outward
7. tranquility: serenity
8. hogwash: ridiculous speech
9. brokerage: the business of a broker
10. mangy: shabby; wretched
11. consummate: to bring to completion
12. robust: full of health and strength
13. superficial: shallow
14. primitive: unsophisticated
15. idle: lacking a foundation in fact
16. churning: to move with agitation
17. defiled: to make filthy
18. burly: muscular and husky
19. apathy: lack of emotion or feeling
20. depraved: morally deprived
