| A | B |
|---|
| Rubble | loose mass of rocks |
| Mirage | optical illsuion of distant objects, often water |
| Tactful | able to speak or act without offending |
| Illusions | erroneous perceptions of reality |
| Subsided | become less active |
| Covey | family or flock of small birds |
| Rustle | movement with soft, fluttering sounds |
| Scorpion | relative of the spider with segmented body and rigid tail with a venomous sting that inhabits warm dry regions |
| Clenched | closed tightly |
| Fatigue | physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion |
| Procession | a group moving in an orderly manner |
| Strenuous | requiring great strengh or energy |
| chinks | narrow openings; cracks |
| Feinted | acted deceptively to divert attetion from one's real purpose |
| rigidity | the state of being not flexible; stiffness |
| plaintively | in a sorrowful or mournful manner |
| lympathic | relating to a swollen area on the body that results from the body's attemp to remove foreign particles such as poison |
| indigent | having no wealth or few possesions |
| indigene | one who is native to an area |
| subsequent | following in time or order, next |
| suppliant | asking humbly and earnestly; begging |
| estuary | arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river |
| bulwark | wall raised as a defense fortification |
| undulationg | moving in a smooth or wave-like motion |
| unsubstantial | lacking material substance or strengh |
| obscured | not easily noticed or seen |
| perceptible | capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind |
| poultice | a moist mass applied to stimulate an inflamed part of the body |
| instinctively | acting on an inborn pattern of behavior |
| deftly | quickly and skillfully |
| incadescence | high degree of brilliance |
| speculatively | considering a subject thoughtfully |
