| A | B |
|---|
| lure | to attract or lead by offering something that seems pleasant; entice |
| carom | to hit and bounce back |
| famished | to be very hungry |
| decoy | a thing or person used to lure someone into a trap |
| gorge (noun) | a narrow pass or valley between steep cliffs |
| gorge (verb) | to stuff with food in a greedy way |
| ingenious | clever or skillful |
| glance (noun) | a quick look |
| glance (verb) | to strike a surface at a slant. (Hail glanced off the roof) |
| ricochet | to bounce or skip |
| balmy | soothing mild or pleasant |
| zephyr | a soft gentle breeze |
| augment | to make or become greater |
| placid | calm and quiet, peaceful |
| cyclone | a storm with very strong winds |
| relent | to become less harsh or stubborn, soften |
| shrewd | clever or sharp in practical matters |
| crane (verb) | to stretch the neck up or forward in order to see better |
| quaff | to drink deeply in a thirsty way |
| mottled | to mark with spots or blotches or different color |
| trough | a long narrow open container which animals eat or drink out of |
| amplify | to make larger, stronger, louder |
| tempestuous | stormy wild and raging |
| crest | the top of anything, the highest level |
| yield (verb) | to give up, surrender |
| yield (noun) | the amount produced |
| torrential | of a swift rushing stream of water |
| gaze (verb) | to look in a steady way, stare |
| gaze (noun) | a steady look |
| yen | a desire or craving, or a coin from Japan |
| Disarm | to not allow a weapon or weapons , to not allow attack or to lay down ones weapons |
| lithe | bending easily |
| caution | alertness in a hazardous situation; care |
| plunder | to rob or to take wrongfully as by robbery or fraud |
| dappled | having spots of a different shade tone or color from the background |
| boomerang | a bent or curved piece of wood which can be thrown and return to the thrower; to come back or return |
| retreat | the act of with drawing or leaving as into safety or privacy; retirement seclusion |
| shoddy | of poor quality or bad workmanship |
| tsunami | an unusually large sea wave produced by an earthquake or undersea volcano |
| rile | to irritate or anger, to stir up |
| spindly | long or tall, thin and usually frail |
| spoils | to rob; to damage severely or harm; to become bad or unfit for use, as food |
| backtrack | to return over the same course or route; reverse a poilcy |
| keen | finely sharpened; extremely sensitive or responsive |
| juggernaut | any large overpowering destructive force; anything requiring blind devotion or cruel sacrifice |
| disband | to break up or dissolve (an organization) |
| acute | sharp or severe in effect; extremely great or serious |
| summit | the highest point or part; top |
| defuse | to remove the fuse from; to make less dangerous, tense or embarassing |
| foolhardy | recklessly or thoughtlessly bold |
| loot | spoils or plunder taken by robbing |
| backfire | to have a loud premature explosion; to have a result opposite to that which was planned or expected |
| adroit | expert or flexible in the use of the hands or body; cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious |
| craving | to long for, want greatly, desire eagerly |
