Ch 6

gizzard-a muscular, thick-walled part of a bird's stomach for grinding food, typically with gritdagger-a short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon.retorted-say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive mannervacancies-an unoccupied position or jobmocking-tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous mannersluicing-a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, esp. one in a lock gatecurtsy-a woman's or girl's formal greeting made by bending the knees with one foot in front of the othercontradict-deny the truth of (a statement), esp. by asserting the oppositefarthing-a former monetary unit and coin of the UK, withdrawn in 1961, equal to a quarter of an old penny.meddle-interfere in or busy oneself unduly with something that is not one's concerninquisitive-curious or inquiring