| A | B |
|---|
| molten | reduced to liquid formed by intense heating |
| tilted | caused to lean, incline, slope, or slant |
| rousing | awakening |
| ingots | a mold of gold cast into a form or shape |
| hireling | a person who offers services solely for pay |
| apprenticed | worked for a professional for no pay so as to learn a trade |
| fathom | to comprehend |
| annealing | a heating process used to remove or prevent internal stress |
| ingratiatingly | deliberately to gain favor |
| sibilant | hissing |
| servility | behavior with slavishly submissive characteristics |
| sidle | to edge along in a timid manner |
| treachery | willful betrayal of confidence or trust |
| amulet | a charm worn to protect against evil |
| wavered | felt or showed doubt |
| dismay | filling someone with distress |
| brusquely | bluntly or abruptly in action or speech |
| absurd | ridiculous |
| defied | resisted or refused |
| debris | the remains of anything broken down; loose fragments |
