| A | B |
|---|
| parable | a simple story from which a lesson can be drawn |
| ceaseless | continual |
| covey | a small group |
| reassure | restore confidence |
| waiver | flicker |
| interval | difference in pitch between two tones |
| chord | combination of three or more tones sounded together in harmony |
| feint | fake a blow or attack in order to take an opponent off guard |
| plaintively | mournfully |
| steely | serious |
| procession | number of persons moving forward in an orderly manner |
| consolation | comfort |
| avarice | too great a desire for wealth; greed |
| indigent | poor |
| stout | thickset |
| trifle | small amount |
| suppliant | asking humbly |
| estuary | inlet of the sea |
| mirage | something that falsely appears to be real |
| bulwark | strong defense or protection |
| remedy | cure |
| crease | make a fold or wrinkle in |
| undulate | move in waves |
| obscure | make less visible |
| perceptible | able to be sensed |
| hummock | low, rounded hill |
| specutatively | uncertainly |
| subside | become less active |
| shrilly | with a high, thin tone |
| inciting incident | the event that introduced the central conflict, or struggle in a literary work |
| theme | the central idea in a literary work |
