| A | B |
|---|
| crystal | made of clear glass |
| curdled | rotten |
| fathom | unit of length used to measure a depth of water |
| fascinated | very interested |
| granite | hard gray igneous rock |
| groves | small group of trees |
| haunches | upper legs |
| smattering | small number |
| sputters | makes hissing noise |
| symbol | a design that is the logo of a company |
| withered | dried up |
| defies | to refuse to obey |
| monarch | a sovereign head of state |
| intervene | come between so as to prevent |
| dominions | territory |
| abode | residence |
| shortsideness | lack of imagination or foresight |
| unaminous | two or more people fully in agreement |
| feebleness | lack of vigor or effectiveness |
| relented | abandoned |
| pestering | trouble or annoy someone with frequent requests or interruptions |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing one thing with another thing of a different kind, uses as or like |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to another object which is not literally applicable |
| personification | the attribution of a human characteristic to something that is not human |
| symbolism | the uses of symbols to represent ideas or qualities |
| onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from the sound associated with what is named |
| alliteration | the occurance of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words |
| rhyme scheme | the ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem or verse |
| independent clause | a group of words that can stand alone in a sentence. It has both a subject and a verb |
| subordinate clause | a clause typically introduced as a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent of the main clause |
| relative clause | gives essential information to define or identify the person or thing that is talked about |
| infinitive | the basic form of a verb |
| infinitive phrase | a group of words that uses an infinitive (to + a verb) |
| gerund | a form that is derived from a verb but is used as a noun, ends in ing |
| colon | a punctuation mark used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation |
| semicolon | a punctuation mark indicating a pause usually between two main clauses |
| hyphen | a punctuation mark usually used to divide words |
| parentheses | a punctuation mark used before and after a word clause or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought |
| dash | a punctuation mark used to set off a word or phrase after an independent clause |
| latin root dom | related to kingdom, collection of people, station |
| greek root myst | related to mystery |
| latin prefix uni | means one |
