1.Prod:
to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed; I told him to prod the familiar looking man on the arm.

2.Resented
3.Strutting:
walking or moving with a strut; to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
4.Swerved:
an act of swerving; turning aside.
5.Deliberately
carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional
6.Gleaming
7.Shuddered
8.Wheezed
9.Clenched
10.Bait
11.Splurge
12.Advantage
13.Withered
14.Aptitude
15.frenzied