Vocabulary Check

blurb - pant - snatch - stubble - swelter 

1. You had your faraway settings and swoonworthy characters - extra points for tossing in a manic-pixie dream girl or _____ faced bad boy.
2. Great books give us spine - tingling plots or twists that reach right into your lungs and _____ your next breath.
3. And my friend was right - we were wilting with the _______afternoon.
4. They should come up with: the title, the index, the table of contents , the preface, the _____ on the back cover.
5. At least the fog was almost gone when I got back to the cross street, ______ and out of breath.