changed to stone; frozen with fear

"I stopped, ________ with fear."

gaunt; exhausted appearance

"The first one to reach us was Mr. Kyle. He looked _______ and tired."

slash open abdomen and remove bowels

"I saw the knotty bulge of steel bound muscle, the piston-like jerk of deadly hind claws, trying for the downward stroke that could __________ a dog."

dead body of an animal

"After the skins were peeled from the _____, I had an idea."

The point toward which the wind blows

"Finding three large sycamores growing close together, we stopped on the ______ side."

bending easily

"The long ______ body dipped low to the ground."

temporarily calm or quiet

"Once during a momentary ______ of the storm, I thought I heard the baying of a hound."

whip/lash ;something that administers punishment

"it was the end of the trail for the _____ of the mountain."

burning or scorch on surface

"When the ankle had twisted the ____ pain must have made him unconscioius."