| A | B |
| covey | famly or small flock of birds |
| ruatel | movement with soft, fluttering sounds |
| chinks | narrow openings; cracks |
| feinted | acted deceptively to divert attention frome one's real purpose |
| scorpion | relative to the spider with segmented body and rigid tail with a venomous sting that inhabits warm. dry regions |
| rigidty | the state of being not flexable; stiffness |
| plaintively | in a sorrowful or mornful manner |
| clenched | closed tightly |
| lymphatic | relating to a swollen area on the body that results from the body's attempt to remove foreing particals such as poison |
| fastigue | physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion |
| procession | a group moving together in an orderly manner |
| stenuous | requiring great effort or energy |
| indigent | having no wealth or few possessions |
| 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 thr mouth of a river |
| rubble | loose mass of rocks |
| bulwark | wall raised as defensive fortification |
| unsubstantial | lacking material substance or strength |
| mirage | optical illusion of distant objects often water |
| undulating | moving in a smooth, wave like motion |
| obscured | not easily noticed or seen |
| perceptible | capable of being percevied by the senses or the mind |
| tactful | able to speak without offending |
| speculatively | considering a subject thought fully |
| illusions | erroneous perceptions of reality |
| deftly | quickly and skillfully |
| subside | became less active |
| incandescebce | high degree of brilliance |
| instinctively | acting on an inborn patter of behavior |
| poultice | a moist mass applied to stimulate an inflamed part of the body |