| A | B |
|---|
| tinged | having a trace or slight degree of some color; tinted |
| pallid | pale; faint or deficient in color; wan |
| wavering | exhibiting indecision; becoming unsure |
| timidly | lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; shyly |
| swooped | moved in a sudden sweep |
| fleeting | passing swiftly; vanishing quickly |
| rekindled | relit, revived or renewed |
| mound | a heap or raised mass |
| brim | the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink |
| studded | dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads |
| bewitchment | a magical spell |
| hailed | saluted or greeted |
| gaping | wide open |
| adornments | ornaments; things that beautify or adorn |
| mouldered | (British spelling) crumbled to dust; disintegrated |
| furtive | sly; shifty; secret |
| tattered | torn to tatters; ragged |
| fluttering | waving or flapping rapidly in an irregular manner |
| charred | burned slightly; scorched |
| channel | the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway |
| sobered | marked by seriousness, gravity, or solemnity of conduct |
| prosperity | successful progress in any business or enterprise; the state of having good fortune |
| steeple | an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.; a tower or spire |
| dominion | rule; control; domination |
| perpetually | continuing or enduring forever; everlasting |
| blotted | spotted, stained, soiled; OR to dry with absorbent paper |
| forging | forming by heating and hammering; beating into shape |
| hotfoot | go in great haste |
| prophecies | foretelling or predictions of what is to come |
| rippled | flowed with a light rise and fall or ruffling of the surface |
| foiled | defeated, disappointed |
| quench | to satisfy or suppress |
| twanging | emitting a sharp, vibrating sound |
| archers | those who shoot with a bow and arrow |
| foes | enemies; opponents |
| ablaze | burning; on fire |
| thatched | covered with or as if with plant stalks or foliage, such as reeds or palm fronds, used for roofing |
| hindered | got in the way of; obstructed or delayed the progress of |
| descendant | a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor |
| foreleg | one of the front legs of a quadruped |
| barb | a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead |
| waxing | increasing in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc. |
| mournful | feeling or expressing sorrow or grief |
| slain | killed by violence |
| valour | (British spelling) boldness or determination in facing great danger, esp. in battle; heroic courage; bravery |
| eminent | high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished |
| benefactors | those who give aid, especially financial aid |
| deposed | removed from office or position, esp. high office |
| ample | fully sufficient or more than adequate; plentiful; enough |
| recompense | compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.: repayment for favors |
| widows | women whose husbands have died |
| orphans | children whose parents are dead |
| scowled | expressed anger or disapproval with a frowning facial expression |
| contrived | obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained |
| carcass | the dead body of an animal |
| array | order or arrangement, as of troops drawn up for battle |
