| A | B |
| priest | a person who performs religious ceremonies |
| emperor | ruler of an empire |
| ghostly | reminding you of a ghost |
| diminutive | small, smaller than most others of the same type |
| previous | coming before in time or order |
| embrace | hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include |
| engine | the part of a vehicle that produces power to make it move |
| attic | floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below the roof |
| slope | a line or surface which is not level but which rises |
| eaves | the lower portion of the roof that overhangs the wall |
| foolish | lacking good sense or judgment |
| comforting | something that makes you feel better when you are afraid or sad |
| friction | the force that one surface exerts on another when the two rub against each other |
| stashed | hidden away |
| strange | not known before |
| appeared | came into sight, was seen |
| grate | a frame of iron bars to hold a fire |
| tubular | looks like a tube |
| delicate | easily broken or damaged or destroyed |
| avoid | to keep away from |
| gaze | look at with fixed eyes |
| tended | looked after; took care of; |
| orchard | a place where fruit trees grow |
| thickening | the act of thickening, becoming thicker |
| legacy | an inheritance; something handed down from an ancestor or from the past |
| will | a legal statement of how an individuals property is to be distributed after death |
| arms | weapons |
| mankind | all of the inhabitants of the earth |
| anxious | worried; troubled; fearful about what might happen |
| disgruntled | displeased or annoyed |
| relate | have or establish a relationship to |
| tiptoe | walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise |
| cubicle | a small, enclosed space that is used for a particular activity |
| mutation | change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information |
| boundary | the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something |
| humid | having a large amount of water or moisture in the air. |
| phenotype | The physical traits that appear in an individual as a result of its genetic make up. |
| genetic code | the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells |
| lovable | having characteristics that attract love or affection. |
| judge | (v)to form an opinion about someone or something, (n) a person in charge of a court |