Question

i tottered at this threat; and she, a mother to me from my cradle, started instinctively to catch me; but the feeling left her before she had taken two steps, and she stopped still. source: the house of the whispering pines in the sentence above, tottered has the same or almost the same meaning as: tattled tantalized stumbled trembled

Explanation:

"Tottered" means to walk or move in an unsteady way. "Stumbled" also implies an unsteady movement, often involving a momentary loss of balance. "Tattled" means to tell on someone, "tantalized" means to tease or arouse expectation, and these are not related in meaning.

Answer:

Stumbled (assuming the last - option is "stumbled" as the text is a bit blurry for the last option).