| A | B |
|---|
| manipulated | v. to control or play upon by artful or unfair means to one's advantage |
| quest | n. an act of seeking, search |
| glistening | adj. to give off sparkling or lustrious reflection of or as if of a moist surface |
| passive | adj. lacking in energy or will. tending not to take active or dominant part |
| maggot | n. a soft legless grub that is the larva of a fly |
| sapling | n. a young tree not ove 4 inches in diameter |
| shrouded | v. to cut off from view (fog) or to dress for burial |
| restoked | v. to poke or to stir up again |
| eerie | adj. so mysterious and straagne as to send a chill up the spine |
| gorged | v. to stuff to capacity |
| incessant | adj. not stopping |
| rivulets | n. little rivers |
| deflected | v. to turn aside form a fixed direction or a straight course |
| thistles | n. any of the prickly plants |
| seeping | v. to enter or penetrate slowly |
| churned | v. to stir or agitate violently |
| gluttonous | adj. marked by excessive eating or drinking |
| mauled | v. to handle roughly, beat bruise |
| stark | adj. harsh, blunt |
| tentative | adj. not fully worked out or developed, uncertain |
