| A | B |
|---|
| slough | an area of soft, muddy ground; swamplike region |
| leering | to give a sly, evil glance |
| flinty | made of flint ( a hard gray or brown stone that makes a spark when struck against steel) hard like a rock |
| bawling | crying or wailing loudly |
| chicken-livered | timid; fearful; cowardly |
| leeward | on the side away from the wind |
| predatory | living by hunting and eating other animals |
| gun-shy | frightened by the sound of a gun; afraid |
| scourge | someone or something that causes great trouble or misfortune |
| barbed | having barbs- a pointed part projecting backward from a mainpoint that makes it difficult to withdraw from what it pierced (ex: fishhook) |
