| A | B |
| surreal | Odd, dreamlike |
| prodded | Prompted to act |
| etiquette | manners prescribed by society or authority |
| disconcerting | disturbing, upsetting |
| gorges | narrow passages having steep sides |
| gullies | deep ditches cut by running water |
| eyesores | things that are unpleasant or offensive to view |
| hail | to signal or call out |
| gulch | a small ravine, a narrow valley |
| unfathomable | not understandable |
| cues | signals, hints, suggestions |
| procreation | sexual reproduction |
| agitation | emotional disturbance, restlessness |
| cognitive | involving or relating to thought processes |
| implict | implied, not directly expressed |
| succinctly | expressing much in few words, concisely |
| tainted | morrally corrupted |
| adulation | excessive flattery |
| exuberance | joy! |
| rural | of or relating to the country |
| urban | or or relating to the city |
| elucidate | clarify, explain |
| extrapolation | to infer or estimate by extending known information |
| terrain | surface features of an area of land |
| detritus | fragments of rock or other materials that have disintegrated or been worn away |
| effervesce | show high spirits or excitement |
| myriad | many, having many parts |
| insidious | working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or unnoticeable manner |
| ineffable | indescribble, incapable of being expressed |
| undulating | in a smooth wavelike motion |
| derive | to obtain or receive from a source |
| beckoned | motion to |
| genealogist | one who studies or investigates family history |
| descent | ancestry |
| spawned | produced |
| shunning | keeping away from |
| coin | to make, devise |
| mosque | islamic place of worship |
| deluged | overwhelmed |
| assimilation | absorption of a minority group into a prevailing culture |