| A | B |
|---|
| beacon | guiding light; something to follow |
| active | busy; involved |
| fostered | encouraged; helped make something happen |
| dialogue | conversation between two or more persons |
| deny | say something is untrue; to refuse |
| honors | awards |
| requires | has need of; demands |
| poetic | having the beauty and imaginative description of poetry |
| critics | people who write their opinions of books, plays, movies, etc. |
| gifted | having great ability; talent |
| refreshing | makes new again; pleasantly different |
| clutch | tight grip or grasp |
| confronts | meets face to face; opposes boldly |
| victim | person or animal injured, killed, or made to suffer |
| lash | to strike out at |
| tentacles | long outgrowths from the main body of an animal |
| flesh | soft substance that covers bones; meat |
| octopus | sea animal with a soft body and 8 arms |
| creep | to crawl; move slowly |
| survive | remain alive; continue to exist |
