Bless Me Ultima Vocab 11-13

abundance

a great or plentiful amount

reverence

deep respect for someone or something

laden

heavily loaded or weighed down; filled with a great quanitity

barren

empty

thicket

a dense group of bushes or trees

crystalline

crystal-like in shape, color, structure

pagan

polytheistic

contemptuously

without respect; in a disdainful manner

prophecy

a prediction of the future

impending

about to happen, hanging over in a menacing way

slake

to satisfy, relieve, or bring to an end

crooned

to sing in a low, gentle tone

tempest

a violent windy storm

abated

to reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen; decreased; stopped

Scapular

religious necklace worn on the shoulder blades that serves a reminder to be faithful

premonition

forewarning or foreboding of a future event

sullen

bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

vigilantes

people who take the law into their own hands

abide

to put up with, to tolerate

pliant

bending readily, flexible