| A | B |
|---|
| Parable | Simple story illustration, a moral or religious lesson |
| Covey | Flock of birds, usually parents and offspring |
| Dank | Heavy, moist, unpleasantly moist |
| Feinted | Pretended, in a mock sort of way |
| Pulque | Fermented Mexican drink made from cactus |
| Fiesta | Party celebrating a special event |
| Scorpion | Spider-like creature, six legs, two claws, tail |
| Plaintively | In a sorrowful way |
| Lymphatic | Relating to lymph (pale fluid containing white blood cells) |
| Fragile | Delicate |
| Bougainvillaea | Flower (red, purple, orange, white) vinelike |
| Avarice | Greed |
| Alms | Charity, something given freely to the poor |
| Indigent (indegene-n.) | Poor |
| Patron | Special guardian or supporter; a master who freed slaves but held rights over them |
| Suppliant | Beseeching, imploring (supplicant- one who asks humbly) |
| Detachment | Objective seperation |
