Sentence:  The high school had a send-off in my honour. It was an uncommon thing for a young man of Rajkot to go to England. I had written out a few words of thanks. But I could scarcely <WSD>stammer</WSD> them out. I remember how my head reeled and how my whole frame shook as I stood up to read them. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.