Word list

Bouts: A period of time spent doing something, such as drinking.
Tousled: To disarrange or rumple

Scrawny: An insulting way to say someone is weak and skinny.

Content: Desiring no more than what one has; satisfied.

Reluctantly: Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness:
Log: A usually large section of a trunk or limb of a fallen or felled tree.
Probation officer: An official usually attached to a juvenile court and charged with the care of juvenile delinquents.

Frenzy: A state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement.

 Deliberately: one with or marked by full consciousness of the nature and effects.

Strides: To walk with long steps, especially in a hasty or vigorous way.

Groggy: Unsteady and dazed.

Monotonous: Lacking in variety

To whimper: To cry or sob with soft intermittent sounds.

Embers: A small, glowing piece of coal or wood, as in a dying fire.

Persistent: Refusing to give up or let go.

Bluntly: Having a dull edge or end; not sharp.

To grimace: A sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust. 
To smolder: To burn with little smoke and no flame.