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| Great Wealth Or luxuriousness.(Pg.13)It was the smell of supper that lent the place an air of opulence. |
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| The state or quality of being serene. (Pg.17)But the puppet maker's face was a mask of serenity. |
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| To take something that is of little value in a furtive manner. (Pg.38)He filched from his father's house copies of the tests for the next two plays so that jiro could memorize them in advance. |
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| To handle a weapon or tool (Pg.3)The renegade samurai the ronin who had forgotten the code of honor but not how to wield their long cured swords. |
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| provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction. (Pg.24)The rich merchants must have hounded the poor goading them to thievery and death. |
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| a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something. (Pg.39)But how long can the travesty endure. |
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| cautious and surreptitious action or movement.(Pg.24)He packed his few pieces of clothing and stealthily made his way out the front of the shop |
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| extreme scarcity of food (Pg.4)Now for nearly 5 years there had been famine. |
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