| politician | person who runs for a political office |
| congress | group of people who make laws |
| bailiff | officer of the court |
| smoldering | burning and smoking with little flame |
| wondrous | marvelous |
| emerges | breaks through |
| generations | family members about the same age |
| pollen | fine powder from flowers |
| canopy | covering |
| humiliation | causing shame |
| heroine | main female character |
| abandon | to leave behind |
| translation | something changed to another language |
| breed | one particular kind of animal |
| ramble | go on and on |