| A | B |
|---|
| avarice | greed |
| benediction | blessing, closing prayer |
| benign | not harmful |
| bougainvillea | a tropical vine with red, purple or orange blossoms and big thorns |
| bulwark | a wall, defense |
| coagulate | bind together, like blood |
| collusion | two or more people agreeing |
| countenance | give approval to |
| covey | a small flock of birds |
| cozened | deceive through a trick |
| deft | quick and skillful |
| disparage | speak disrespectfully of someone to lower someone's opinion |
| dissemble | pretend; to conceal the truth |
| escarpment | steep slope |
| estuary | the wide lower part of the river where it meets the ocean |
| exhilaration | to be very happy |
| feint | to pretend attack |
| furtive | sneaky, shifty |
| germane | closely related or pertinent to |
| guttural | produced in the throat |
| hummock | a low mound or ridge of earth |
| incandescence | shining brightly |
| indigenous | native |
| indigent | very poor |
| intercede | to plead in another's behalf |
| irresolute | uncertain; doubtful |
| judicious | cautious, wise |
| keening | wailing for the dead |
| lament | be sorry or sad |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand trick |
| leprosy | a disease |
| lethargy | drowsiness |
| lucent | light, luminous |
| lucid | easily understood; clear |
| lymphatic | involving the lymph nodes; sluggish |
| malignant | harmful or bad |
| meager | a small or inadequate amount |
| mirage | an optical illusion of water |
| monolithic | massive, monumental |
| monotonous | repetitive; boring |
| parable | story that teaches a moral lesson |
| petulant | easily angered or annoyed |
| plaintively | sadly |
| poultice | a soft, moist mixture for healing |
| precipitate | cause to happen |
| prophesy | a prediction of what is to happen |
| pulque | a drink made from cactus |
| semblance | likeness |
| sinister | evil |
| skirled | making a high, shrill, wailing noise |
| speculative | not certain; theoretical |
| spurned | rejected |
| stalwart | strong, robust |
| subjugation | conquered |
| succumb | to give in to |
| suppliant | a person who asks humbly |
| tithe | one-tenth of anything set aside as an offering |
| transfigure | change the shape of |
| undulating | to move with a wavelike motion |
| subsistence | just enough to exist or survive |
