| A | B |
|---|
| Gopher | a rodent that digs into the ground companion a friend |
| Jolting | shaking from sudden jerks |
| Prong | a sharp-pointed instrument |
| Vegetation | plant life |
| Sluggish | lacking energy; slow |
| Translucent | hazy or blurred |
| crocus sack | a term used in the southern United States for a burlap bag |
| Herpetologist | someone who studies reptiles and amphibians |
| Everglade | a large region of swa mpland; the Evergla des is a region of such land in southern Florida |
| Coup | small |
| Portable | capable of being easily carried |
| Meshed | made into a net |
| Data | collected facts |
| varmints | animals regarded as troublesome |
| desolate | having no people; in a state of ruin ยท |
| cypress | a cone-bearing tree of the pine family |
| forage | food eaten by animals |
| buttonwood | a small sycamore tree |
| innocuous | harmless |
| upsurgencee | lifting |
| aquamarine | blue green color |
| attitude | in this case, a position or posture of the body |
| paralyzing | losing power or movement |
| saffron | orange-yellow in color |
| hummocks | aras of ferile, wooded land, higher than he surrounding swamp |
| whirred | shook, making a buzzyinff sound |
| blunt | having a rounded point |
| resent | to consider as an insult |
