To be rough and noisy or jolly and rowdy.

"The audience was applauding BOISTEROUSLY."

Pg.27

To stand or wait around without purpose.

"And don't loiter. It's not safe."

Pg.3

Extreme scarcity of food.

"Now, for nearly five years, there had been famine".

Pg.4

Concerned with one's interest's, or being self invovled.

"He said there was something syncial about her expression".    Pg.23

To handle, control, or influence.

"One of the left hand manipulators, poked out of the narrow opening".    Pg.11

Behaving in a manner without being seen or heard.

"He packed his few pieces of clothing and stealthily made his way out the front of the shop".   Pg.24

Reduced in strength, or weaker in force.

"The samurai blood that flowed in my ancestors' veins has become more and more diluted the farther away we come from the sword bearers.   Pg.38

Suffer something painful patiently.

"His only son is a fool, currently masquerading as a puppeteer, to be sure, but how long can the travesty endure".   Pg.39