| A | B |
|---|
| abrupt | describes someone or something happening unexpectedly sudden |
| banish | to force to leave by official decree; to exile |
| famine | a drastic, extreme, wide-reaching scarcity (shortage) of food |
| fiend | one who behaves in an evil or wicked way; a devilish being |
| flounder | to move or thrash about clumsily; to struggle awkwardly |
| shaman | one who acts between the spirit world and the real world; a medicine man with healing powers. |
| slough | a stagnant swamp; a hollow filled with mud |
| taboo | a ban or prohibition of something because of its sacred nature |
| beckon | to summon by nodding or waving hands; to be inviting or enticing |
| defile | to make unclean or impure; to corrupt |
| mournful | describes someone or something expressing sorrow or grief |
| ominous | describes someone or something menacing or threatening |
| petrify | to cause to become stone-like, rigid; to stun or paralyze with fear or terror |
| plateau | an elevated, level expanse of land; a level of relative stability |
| rakish | describes someone or something having a trim, streamlined appearance |
| sentinel | a guard or sentry; one who keeps watch. |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack |
| hobble | to walk or move unsteadily or awkwardly (with difficulty) |
| image | a visual representation of something not present or real; a likeness of something |
| impudence | a brash behavior marked by disrespect; boldness |
| lithe | describes someone or something easily bent or flexed and graceful. |
| peevish | describes someone or something querulous or discontented; ill-tempered |
| rite | the set form for performing a religious or other solemn ceremony; a ceremonial act |
| shamble | to walk in an awkward, unsteady manner sometimes with dragging feet |
