| A | B | 
| agitate | to move with an irregular, rapid or violent action | 
| barren | producing little or none of somehting | 
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp; abrupt in speech or manner | 
| brittle | easily broken cracked or snapped;  a hard candy made with sugar and nuts | 
| churn | to stir or shake in a churn; a container in which milk or cream is stirred | 
| dawdle | to spend time wastefully or idly, linger; to move slowly or aimlessly, loiter | 
| fast | firmly fixed or bound as in tightly shut; firmly loyal; indicating ahead of the correct time;  tricky or unfair; in a complete manner soundly and deeply | 
| fertile | producing, vegetation, crops, ideas; growing plentifully | 
| guant | being thin and bony; grim and forbidding; barren and desolate | 
| ignite | to set on fire; to cause to burn or catch fire | 
| laggard | tending to lag; to stay or fall behind, to move, function or develop too slowly; to slacken little by little | 
| massive | unusually large compared to what is typical | 
| nomad | somebody who belongs to a group of p[eople who move from place ot place seasonally in serach of pasture for their herds and food and water; a wanderer | 
| orphan | a child whose parents are dead; one who has some protections taken away | 
| pauper | a very poor person, especially one supported by charity | 
| pittance | a small portion or amount, or allowance especially of money | 
| portly | slightly overweight or dignified; having an air of grandeur | 
| rove | roam | 
| sever | to put or keep apart; divide, especially to cut off or to cut through; to break apart | 
| slender | thin and slim; limited or not enough in amount; meager | 
| sneer | to smile or laugh with an expression of scorn; a sneering expression or remark | 
| snippet | a small part or piece of somehting | 
| spendthrift | somebody who spends money wrecklessly | 
| spire | a blade or stalk; that gradually becomes thinner or narrower near the top; a sharp pointed tip | 
| vault | an arched structure of stone or concreate forming a ceiling or roof; a room or compartment for storage; a burial chamber; the act of vaulting to leap over with the aid of hands and a pole |