"Involuntarily, Ginger leaned away from the woman's touch." What does involuntarily mean?

"Ginger envied the quiet atmosphere at Karie's house, where the phone seldom rang and customers didn't traipse in and out to discuss candles or look at pictures of cakes." What does traipse mean?

"Between Mrs. Shaw's Celebrations business, Mr. Shaw's Old Time Player Pianos, and Laura's B.A. Catering, the Shaw household was usually in chaos. What does chaos mean?

"After listening to the barrage of words for a few minutes, Mr. Wren held up his hand, and the complaints turned to mumbles." What does barrage mean?

"'Why didn't you ask me?' Her mother sounded indignant, and even without seeing her, Ginger knew that Mrs. Shaw had one fist on her hip."

"'The school board is holding a preliminary hearing tomorrow night at 7:00,' Nancy said." What does preliminary mean?

"All day, Ginger felt edgy." What does edgy mean?

"And I don't like it when someone uses a position of authority in business to manipulate private lives." What does manipulate mean?

"She had skipped her usual shower, and she felt unkempt." What does unkempt mean?

"'I know. Several people told us about her (Mrs. Vaughn's) tactics.'" What does tactics mean?

"'If you don't speak out against something that is wrong,' Mrs. Wren said, 'you imply by your silence that it's right.'" What does imply mean?

"Mr. Wren will never get another coaching job. Potential employers wouldn't know about Mrs. Vaughn's meddling ways."

"'How do I know you have my brother?' Ginger said, 'Maybe you're bluffing.'" What does bluffing mean?

"Tipper and Marcus stuck together as if their clothes were glued, and Marcus's mom would be especially vigilant about watching them this week." What does vigilant mean?

"She would not go meekly with Joyce or her accomplice, now or later." What does accomplice mean?

"Mr. Hixler said, 'Let the record reflect that the school board unanimously voted to keep Mr. Bill Wren as coach of the girls' basketball team.'" What does unanimously mean?

"'Since Joyce Enderly is a fugitive,' Officer Hayworth said, 'she's being held without bail.'" What does fugitive mean?

"The third front-page article read: 'LOCAL SOCIALITE ACCUSED OF COERCION.'" What does coercion mean?