abbott | the superior of a monastery |
banquet | an elaborate, sumptuous meal or feast |
clamber | to climb with difficulty, especially on all fours |
cruel | disposed to include pain and suffering |
custom | a practice followed by people of a particular group or region |
danger | the state of being exposed to injury, pain or loss |
duty | moral obligation |
habit | customary manner or practice |
hatchet | a small, short-handled ax for use in one hand |
necessity | pressing or urgent need |
outlaw | a fugitive from the law; a habitual criminal |
pardon | to make allowance for; forgive |
pasture | ground on which grass or other vegetation |
pretense | the offering of something false as real or true |
protect | to keep from being damaged, attacked, stolen, or injured |
punish | to subject to a penalty for an offense or wrongdoing |
scold | to find fault with, usually angrily |
scorch | to burn slightly or dry up with an intense heat |
puny | of inferior size, strength, or significance |
sculptor | artist who molds or carves figures |
soot | a black substance, consisting chiefly of carbon particles formed by incomplete burning |
swoop | to move in a sudden sweep |
tendril | a twisting threadlike structure by which a plant holds on to something |
trial | an effort or attempt |
witty | provoking or intending to provoke mirth or humor |