| A | B |
|---|
| exilir of life | an imaginary substance thought by medieval alchemists to prolong life indefinately |
| gripsack | a small bag for holding clothes |
| Green Mountains | Mountains in Vermont |
| Wagner | a great German composer who is responsible for the development of the musical drama |
| Thebes | a city state in ancient Greece |
| Camelot | The legendary English town where King Arthur's count and the Round Table were located |
| Priam | king of Troy during the Trojan War |
| Medici | a rich powerful family of Florence, Italy in the 14th, 15ht, and 16th century |
| the Scala | an opera house in Milan |
| priggish | excessively precise |
| camaraderie | warm, friendly feeling |
| bayou | a sluggish, marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or river |
| genuflect | bend of knee, as in reverance of worship |
| tam | a cap with a wide, round, flat top, and sometimes a center pompom |
| David | the second king of Israel, the land of the Hebrews |
