| A | B |
|---|
| adorn | to make beautiful or attractive |
| ashamed | humiliated by feelings of guilt or disgrace |
| careless | negligent; unconcerned or indifferent |
| cheat | deceive; wrong |
| conduct | the way a person acts; behavior |
| country | a nation or state |
| destroy | to do away with; to kill |
| echoing | to repeat a sound by the reflection of sound waves from a surface |
| effort | the use of physical or mental energy to do something |
| faded | to lose brightness of color |
| forgive | to excuse for a fault or an offense |
| glee | jubilant delight; joy |
| guilty | responsible for a reprehensible act |
| improved | to raise to a more excellent quality or condition |
| maize | the native corn of America; Indian corn |
| nightmare | a dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress |
| obtain | to succeed in gaining possession of; acquire |
| parcels | something wrapped up or packaged |
| pout | to show displeasure or disappointment; to protrude the lips in displeasure |
| pretend | to make believe |
| rarely | hardly ever |
| widow | a woman whose husband is dead |
