| A | B |
|---|
| parable | a simple story of everyday life with a moral |
| incandescence | brilliant gleam; bright glow; radiance |
| furtive | stealthy, sly, or sneaky |
| subjugation | having been defeated and needing to obey the one who defeated you |
| lethargy | the state of having no energy or interest in doing anything |
| keening | singing a loud, sad song for someone who has died |
| pivoting | turning |
| malignant | dangerous and deadly; evil |
| irresolution | the state of being unable to decide what to do |
| estuary | the wide part of a river where it goes into the sea |
| avarice | greed for riches |
| speculatively | based on guessing, not on information or facts |
| lucent | clear and bright; crystal |
| benediction | blessing or grace |
| precipitated | made something serious happen suddenly or more quickly than was expected |
| searing | burning and hardening |
| edifice | large structure |
| petulant | behaving in an unreasonably impatient and angry way, like a child |
| ulcerous | rotting |
| benign | kind; good-hearted |
