| 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 |
| angular | having space between where two or more straight lines intersect |
| thronged | filled or occupied with a crowd |
| guttural | harsh, throaty |
| supple | bending readily without breaking; flexible |
| jocular | characterized by joking or jesting |
| reluctant | unwilling; disinclined |
| irresolute | doubtful; not determined |
| swerved | turned aside abruptly in movement or direction |
| sedge | rushlike or grasslike plant growing in wet places |
| papyrus | a tall aquatic plant |
| spasmodically | characterized by having sudden, involuntary muscular contractions |
| eerie | uncanny to inspire superstitious fear; weird |
| extricated | freed or released from entanglement |
| blurted | uttered suddenly and impulsively |
| aghast | struck with overwhelming shock or amazement |
| temerity | reckless boldness |
| cowering | crouching, as in fear or shame |
| vindictively | disposed or inclined to revenge; vengefully |
| flinging | moving violently with impatience |
| crevice | a crack forming an opening |
| void | emptiness |
