| A | B |
|---|
| indeterminate | not certain, unknown |
| hewn | make or shape by cutting or chopping |
| careened | move swiftly in an uncontrolled way |
| coinage | coins collectively |
| fissure | a long narrow opening or line of breakage |
| lauded | praise a person or their achievements highly |
| coxswain | steersman of a ship's boat, lifeboat, racing boat |
| artisans | worker in a skilled trade |
| gamboling | running or jumping playfully |
| suffusion | gradually spread through or over |
| maul | wound by scratching or tearing |
| ochre | pale brownish yellow color |
| cataclysm | large scale violent event in the natural world |
| arson | criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property |
| stoked | add coal or other solid fuel to a fire |
| rampant | flourishing or spreading unchecked |
| depiction | show or represent by a drawing painting or other art form |
| resolution | firm decision to do or not to do something |
| elusive | difficult to find, catch, achieve |
| stigmata | marks corresponding to those left on Jesus's body by the crucifixion |
| matriculate | enrolled at a college or university |
| benefactor | person who gives money or other help to a person or cause |
| circumspect | wary and unwilling to take risks |
| egregious | outstandingly bad; shocking |
| keel | turn over on its side; capsize |
| reimburse | repay a person who has spent or lost money |
| altercation | a noisy argument or disagreement esp. in public |
| armorial | relating to heraldy or heraldic devices |
| integrity | quality of being honest and having strong moral principles, moral uprightness |
| curriculum | subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college |
| desecration | treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect |
| perceptive | having or showing sensitive insight |
| reverberate | (of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo |
| solicit | ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone |
| obsidian | a hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock |
| obelisk | stone pillar having a square or rectangular cross section and pyramidal top set up as a monument |
| piquant | having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor |
| flintlocks | old fashioned type of gun fired by a spark from a flint |
| brood | think deeply about something that makes one unhappy |
| cutlasses | short sword with a slightly curved blade, formerly used by sailors |
| liberals | person who is open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values |
| eulogy | a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died |
| filched | pilfer or steal something esp. a thing of small value in a casual way |
| incandescent | emitting light as a result of being heated |
| meandered | (of a river or road) follow a winding course |
| cascade | a small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope |
| suspend | temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect |
| grimacing | an ugly twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement |
| coalesced | come together and form one mass or whole |
| gilded | covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint |
| plummeted | fall or drop straight down at high speed |
| shroud | a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial |
| dollop | a shapeless mass or blob of something, esp. soft food |
| Abenaki | a member of a North American Indian people of Maine on the Atlantic coast to southern Quebec |
| vermillion | a brilliant red pigment made from mercury sulfide |
| roiling | (of a liquid) move in a turbulent, swirling manner |
| tamped | ram or pack (a substance) down or into something firmly |
| condensation | water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it |
| transfixed | cause someone to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment |
