| 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 |
