| A | B |
|---|
| ardent | showing or having warmth of feeling |
| bulkhead | walls separating sections of a ship |
| cleaver | a heavy knife used for cutting up meat |
| despot | a ruler having absolute power |
| entreat | to ask in an earnest way |
| fastidious | hard to please - very particular |
| gibberish | confused meaningless talk |
| heredity | the passing on of characterisitics from parents to offspring |
| ketch | a ship with two masts |
| lichen | a plant made up of an alga and a fungus growing together |
| missive | letter |
| nave | the long central main part of the church |
| oxford | low shoe laced and tied over the instep |
| plague | a destructive epidemic disease |
| rapier | a straight sword with a narrow blade having 2 sharp edges |
| saguaro | giant cactus of the southwest US |
| toga | loose outer garment worn by citizens of ancient Rome |
| vivarium | an enclosure for keeping or studyng plants or animals indoors |
| wrest | to pull away by twisting or wringing |
| zenith | the point in the heavens directly overhead |
