vocabulary

• dissolve


  to become liquid
• desolate


  (of a place) uninhabited
• regions


  an area having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
• gravity


  the force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth,
• purchase


  acquire (something) by paying for it
• treacherous


  describes Lake Pontchartrain as being dangerous or unpredictable
• furtive


  attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt 
• impudence


  the quality of being rude and not showing respect
• demean


  cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something).
• tumultuous


  making an uproar or loud, confused noise
• initial


  of or relating to the beginning
• juvenile


  for or relating to young people.
• battery.


  a harmful or offensive act against another
• impacted


  strongly affected by something.
• ostracized


  exclude from a society or group
• pivotal


  of crucial importance to the development or success of something else.
• grievous,


  causing grief or great sorrow
• base.


  the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
• hapless


  unfortunate.
• reveler


  a person who is enjoying themselves in a lively and noisy way.
• convened


  come or bring together for a meeting or activity
• rapt


  deeply engrossed or absorbed
• prospect


  the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring
• prologues


   a speech or section of text that introduces a play or book
• Commencing


  begin
• tender


  showing gentleness, kindness,
• scowling


  frown in an angry or bad-tempered way.
• dribble


  to let fall in drops
• command


  give an order
• solemn.


  being serious
• mend


  repair
• embroideries


  the art or pastime of embroidering cloth.
• unplugged


  to disconnect
• decisions.


  choices and consequences related to financial matters.
• sweat


  to expel a cold or illness from the body
• century


  a period of one hundred years.
• crosswise


  to cut something in a direction that is at an angle to its main length or grain
• dew


  drops of water that form on the ground and other surfaces outside during the night
• stained


  mark or discolour with something that is not easily removed.
• drop scones


  a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle.