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Question 1

bloodshot

Answer 1

When Abel drank, his eyes would go red, bloodshot.

if your eyes are bloodshot, the parts that are normally white are red or pink

Question 2

ranting and raving

Answer 2

There were no ranting and raving, no clenched fist.

Question 3

jerk

Answer 3

I jerked awake to her shaking me and screaming.

1 [intransitive, transitive] to move with a quick sudden movement, or to make part of your body move in this way

Question 4

billow

Answer 4

The pot has burned itself out and burned up the kitchen wall behind the stove, and smoke was billowing everywhere.

2 if a cloud or smoke billows, it rises in a round mass

Question 5

berate

Answer 5

Then she went over to the couch and woke him up and started to berating him for nearly burning the house down.

formal to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong

Question 6

cradle

Answer 6

6 [countable] the part of a telephone where you put the receiver when you are not using it

Question 7

ricochet

Answer 7

she ricocheted off the wall and collapsed like a tone of brick.

if a bullet, stone, or other object ricochets, it changes direction when it hits a surface at an angle

Question 8

condescending

Answer 8

To this day I’ll never forget the patronizing, condescending way they spoke to her.

behaving as though you think you are better, more intelligent, or more important than other people – used to show disapproval SYN patronizing

Question 9

flabbergasted

Answer 9

But I remember standing there watching my mom, flabbergasted, horrified that those cops wouldn’t help her.
extremely surprised or shocked

Question 10

headstrong

Answer 10

As headstrong and independent as my mom is, she remains the woman who gives back.

very determined to do what you want, even when other people advise you not to do it► see thesaurus at determined