| A | B |
| alcove | Small room or recess opening off a larger room |
| annoyance | Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness. |
| betrayed | Broke a promise; deceived; double crossed |
| canopy | The thick layer of leaves and branches that form the roof like layer of the rainforest. A covering that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather. |
| clambered | Climb awkwardly |
| consolidated | put together; combined in a single whole. |
| conspiring | To plot against someone or something. |
| crimson | deeply red; to turn red from embarrassment or shame |
| discern | To work out a problem and understand it clearly. |
| distracted | Not able to focus ones attention, especially because of anxiety or nervousness. |
| dread | Be very afraid or scared of; be frightened of. |
| dumbfounded | To have made speechless through confusion or shock |
| earnest | Serious, sincere, and determined in purpose and effort |
| exiled | Forced to leave one's own home or country |
| flank | Be located at the sides of something or somebody. |
| flounce | The act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions. |
| garbled | Lacking orderly continuity/jumbled or unintelligible. |
| idly | In a slow |
| intently | With a purpose |
| moony | Dreamy in mood or nature. |
| muffled | A dull or deadened sound. |
| obliged | Having a duty to do something; feeling indebted because someone has done something for you. |
| obsessed | Fascinated by a subject, constantly thinking or studying about a topic |
| parapets | Low walls or mounds of stone or earth used to protect soldiers |
| prey | An animal that is hunted by another animal for food. |
| prissy | To be very proper or neat. |
| raveled | To separate or tangle; to come undone |
| regicide | One who kills or helps to kill a king |
| reluctant | Not wanting to do something; unwilling. |
| repented | To feel bad about something you have done. |
| roam | To wander around without any particular purpose. |
| smirked | To smile in a smug or conceited way. |
| snickered, | Laughed in a secretive disrespectful way |
| sodden | Soaked with liquid, wet all the way through |
| spectacle | Someone or something seen in a noticeable fashion. |
| speculation | Expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. |
| splurged | To celebrate, to indulge oneself. |
| sporadically | Happening at irregular intervals in time, occasionally |
| squinched | Squinted; wrinkled up one's face |
| suppress | To restrain from the usual course of action; to keep from expressing |
| surplus | More that what is needed; extra; excess |
| tangle | To mix something up so that it becomes twisted into an unorganized mess. To mix up or twist together into a mess. |
| tolerated | To put up with something or somebody unpleasant. |
| vanquished | To conquer, defeat in battle or competition. |
| vile | Something that is so unpleasant it could cause nausea |
| wheedling | To get someone to think or act a certain way by flattering or coaxing |