1. Dread - fear
2. Drilling - exercise
3. Tempting - attractive
4. Blacksmith - Ironman
5. Apprentice - learner
6. Rapping - beating
7. Bustle - noise
8. Commotion - noise
9. Fright - fear
10. Primer - the first book
11. Woods - forest
12. Participle - Verb's ing or third form which works like an adjective
13. Edge - end / side / border / limit
14. Draft - plan / outline
15. Sawmill - a factory in which logs are sawed into lumber by machine.
16. Bub - a rude way of addressing a boy or man.
17. Unison - simultaneous performance of action or utterance of speech.
18. Terrible - fearful / awful / dreadful / frightful / horrible
20. Still - queit / calm / mute / tranquil / constant
21. Ruler - a straight strip of plastic, wood, metal, or other material to draw straight lines.
22. Blushed - become red in the face because of embarrassed or feel guilty.
23. Empty - blank / vacant
24. Hat - cap
25. Spectacles - eyeglass
26. Attentive - watching or listening to or thinking about somebody or something.
27. Solemn - very serious not happy or smiling
28. Grave - sad / serious
29. Wretch - a poor , unhappy person or an unfortunate person.
30. Scold - to speak angrily to somebody when he / she has done something bad or wrong.
31. Reproach - rebuke / reprove
32. Anxious - worried / scared
33. Plenty - enough
34. Put off - delay
35. Pretend - show off
36. Logical - reasonable
37. Guard - save
38. Amazed - surprised
39. At one stroke - once
40. Patience - the ability to wait