| A | B |
| warden | an official who enforces certain laws and regulations |
| curse | the words that someone says when wishing that harm will come to someone else |
| descendants | an offspring; child, grandchild, great-grandchild and so on |
| shrivel | to dry up, shrink, and wrinkle |
| gruff | deep and harsh |
| hover | to stay in or near one place in the air |
| perseverance | to keep on doing something that is hard to do |
| rattlesnake | a poisonous snake with a thick body and a broad head, that makes a buzzing noise with rattles at the end of its tail |
| stranded | to leave someone in a helpless position |
| scorpian | a small animal related to the spider but much larger. It has a poisonous stinger in its tail |