| A | B |
|---|
| scabbard | casing for a knife/sword |
| treasonous | violation or betrayal |
| conspire | to agree |
| elixir | sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water, magic drink |
| scimitar | a curved, single-edged sword |
| contemplate | rethink |
| brandish | shake or wake around weapon |
| fixedly | steadily directed, extreme concentration |
| dialect | style of language |
| flourish | abundant |
| prognostication | future telling |
| sirocco | hot, dry, dust laden wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe |
| monotony | lack of variety |
| tether | rope, chain |
| tracts | expanse area of land, water |
| recount | to tell one by one |
| agitated | to be annoyed and mad |
| disciple | followers of Christ (12 original) |
| centurion | officer commanding a Roman century |
| avidly | all the time |
| scarab | a representation or image of a beetle in Egyptian time |
| sacristy | building connected with a church |
| abrade | to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing |
| alchemy | a form of chemistry that turns things into other things |
| balk | to stop short and stubbornly refuse |
| capricious | witty |
| exultant | triumphant |
| garbed | dress |
| habituate | make it a habit; frequently |
| hookah | tobacco pipe |
| incessant | continuing without interuption |
| incredulous | skeptical, don't believe |
| intuitive | perceiving by intution, as a person or the mind |
| levanter | strong easterly wind in Mediterranean |
| luminous | shining bright |
| mania | excessive excitement or enthusiasm |
| nostalgia | sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time |
| obligation | something a person is bound to |
| omen | anything percived that is believed to portend a good or evil event circumstance to come |
| parable | short allegorical story to teach a moral |
| primitive | simple |
| rueful | causing sorrow |
| sentinel | a person that watches |
| suffuse | overspread with or as with liquid, color, etc. |
| teem | to abound or swarm; be prolific |
| traitorous | treacherous; perfidious |
| trajectory | flight path |
| proprietor | the owner of a business |
| zenith | the highest point or state; culmination |
| makutu | witchcraft |
| realize | to grasp or understand clearly. |
