To linger aimlessly around an area.

Book: And don't loiter, it's not safe.

An extreme scarcity of something. (In this case it's food.)

Book: Now for nearly five years there had been famine.

Secret procedure or hidden.

Book: He packed his few pieces of clothing and stealthily made his way out of the front shop.

To be in amazement or awe.

Or to look at something in joy.

Book: It was a street of marvels for the boy.

Manipulator[image]

To mislead someone or something, to take advantage.

Book: A head, one of the left hand manipulators of the puppet showed.

To be in a devious mood or unforgiving.

Book: He said there was something cynical about the puppets expression.

To grasp or hold with control.

Book: The poor were too hungry to waste their energy strolling about, and the merchants and those who had a little something feared to go out lest they'd be robbed by the renegade samurai, the ronin, who had forgotton the code of honour but now know how to wield their long curved swords.

To withstand something or to push through.

Book: His only son is a fool, currently masquerading as a puppateer, to be sure, but how long can the travesty endure.