Roosters: domestic animal.

Brushwood: growth small trees and shrubs.

Flurried: commotion, excitement, or activity.

Warmth: cause a warm feeling.

Twinkling: gleams of light that seem to start and stop.

Rope: loop, thread.

Plaintively: mournfully.

Dipped: to plunge quickly into a liquid.

Pulque: a fermented milky drink made from the juice of certain species of agave in Mexico.

Braids: She braided her hair by herself.

Thorned: sharp point.

Moist: His eyes grew moist.

Sucked: to be disgusting or awful.

Jiggling: to move up and down or back and forth.

Strenuous: intensely active, energetic.

Gate: a moveable barrier

 

 

Estuary: The part of the mouth of a river.

Stern: hard, harsh, or severe.

Algae: one-celled organisms.

Lobster: the edible meat.

Mangroves: a tree or shrub growing in hot climates.

Hazy: obscure, confused.

Cooper: to make or repair casks.

Oysters: a sea animal that may be eaten.

Scuffling: confused fight.

Clusters: a group things close together.

Hummock: an elevated tract of land rising.

Flutes: a wind instrument.

Tactful: so as to avoid giving offense.

Dying: about to die.

Paddles: a racket with a short handle.

 

 

Solved: to find the answer or explanation.

Matter: he material of which any physical object is composed.

Beggars: street person.

Restlessly: not quiet, uneasy.

Semblance: appearance.

Lust: passionate desires

Distillate: the product obtained from distillation.

Puffed: swollen fingers.

Shawl: a piece of wool or other fabric.

Kneeling: the action or position.

Glowing: giving off bright light or heat without flame.

Sailor: a person in a navy.

Yachting: to sail or voyage in a yacht.

Harpoon: a spear with a barbed edge attached to a rope, used in hunting whales and large fish.

Barriers: such as a fence.

Fiercely: violent, intensity.

Prophecy: any prediction or forecast.

Scabbed: to act or work.

Knuckles: where a finger bends.

Fanned:  a current of air

Gathered: come together into one group.

Namesake: a person named after another.

Priest: a person ordained to an office in a church.

Gasped: convulsive.

Tightly: firmly.

Crickets: a jumping insect.

 

 

Retold: to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:

It’s Sleeping Beauty retold with a different twist.

Whole: comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.

Whisper: to speak with soft, hushed sounds, using the breath, lips, etc., but with no vibration of the vocal cords.

Buyer:  a purchasing agent, as for a department or chain store.

Shimmer: to appear to quiver or vibrate in faint light or while reflecting heat waves.

Swaddle: to bind (an infant, especially a newborn infant) with long, narrow strips of cloth to prevent free movement; wrap tightly with clothes.

Estuary: that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.

Hatred: the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.

Elder: of higher rank; senior: an elder officer.

Bearskin: a tall, black fur cap forming part of the dress uniform of a soldier in some armies.

Hammock: a hanging bed or couch made of canvas, netted cord, or the like, with cords attached to supports at each end.

Rash: acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.

Belch: to eject gas spasmodically and noisily from the stomach through the mouth; eruct.

Cheat: to elude; deprive of something expected: He cheated the law by suicide.

Stalwart; strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust.

Punishment: the fact of being punished, as for an offense or fault. a penalty inflicted for an offense, fault, etc.

Slat: a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.