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| Pulque | A thick, fermented alcoholic beverage made in Mexico from various species of agave. |
| appraised | To estimate the quality, amount, size, and other features of; judge. |
| avarice | Immoderate desire for wealth |
| alms | Money or goods given as charity to the poor. |
| indigent | Experiencing want or need; impoverished |
| suppliant | Asking humbly and earnestly |
| indigenous | Originating and growing or living in an area or environment |
| estuary | The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides |
| lateen | Being, relating to, or rigged with a triangular sail hung on a long yard that is attached at an angle to the top of a short mast. |
| bulwark | A wall or embankment raised as a defensive fortification |
| poultice | A soft, moist mass of bread, meal, clay, or other adhesive substance, usually heated, spread on cloth, and applied to warm, moisten, or stimulate an aching or inflamed part of the body |
| undulating | To cause to move in a smooth wavelike motion. |
| hummock | A low mound or ridge of earth; a knoll |
| incandescence | A high degree of emotion, intensity, or brilliance. |
| distillate | A liquid condensed from vapor in distillation. 2. A purified form |
| lucent | Giving off light; luminous. |
| disparagement | To speak of in a slighting way |
| prophecy | . A prediction of the future, made under divine inspiration. |
| transfigured | To alter the outward appearance of |
| benediction | A blessing |
| subjugation | To bring under control |
| deftly | Quickl and skillfully |
| discontentedly | Restlessly unhappy |
| dissembling | To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance |
| furtive | Characterized by stealth; surreptitious. 2. Expressive of hidden motives or purposes |
| consecrated | To declare or set apart as sacred: |
| crooning | To hum or sing softly |
| tithe | A tenth part of one's annual income contributed voluntarily or due as a tax, especially for the support of the clergy or church. |
| countenanced | Appearance, especially the expression of the face. |
| ramparts | A means of protection or defense |
| legerdemain | A show of skill or deceitful cleverness |
| collusion | A secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose |
| lethargy | A state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy |
