PALPITATING: v.i., to beat very rapidly, irregularly, or
strongly, as from emotion, exercise, or disease.
RAREFIED: v., to make less dense.
BOSSES: n., raised ornaments on materials with flat
surfaces.
LIVID: adj., having a dull bluish or grayish color.
SMOTE: v., past tense of smite [to hit, to hit hard.]
WELTERING: v.i., rolling about, wallowing.