Vocabulary

valor - boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery.
"It was not courage, exactly; the object was not valor." (page 21)
When I think of valor I think of someone brave. Someone thats strong and couragous.
An easy clue that I found was when it says it was not courage and it was not valor. So basically it gave me the definition right their. To have valor is to have courage.
taut - tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
"the tongue taut."
When I saw the word taut I thought of the object was tight.
When I was reading the clue that I found was the way he was talking.
bewilderment - a confusing maze or tangle, as of objects or conditions.
"The emotions went from outrage to terror to bewilderment to guilt to sorrow and then back to outrage."
When I read this word I just thought that it was just another emotion.
The clues I found were all the emotions th that the author wrote.