2. bungalows- A small house or cottage usually having a single story and sometimes an additional attic story.

3. grotesque- odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.

4. dabbed- to pat or tap gently, as with something soft or moist

5. generic- of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.

6. acquiescence- agreement or consent by silence or without objection

7. mahogany- any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, esp. S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.

8. buckboard- a light, four-wheeled carriage in which a long elastic board or lattice frame is used in place of body and springs.

9. feeble- physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.

10. cockleburs- Any of several annual weeds of the genus Xanthium in the composite family, having small seedlike fruits enclosed within a prickly bur that clings readily to clothing or animal fur.

11. peculiar- strange; queer; odd:

12. scorched- To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of

13. annoyance- an act or instance of annoying.

14. barrack- a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers

15. indistinguishable- not distinguishable; indiscernible; imperceptible

16. persuasive- able, fitted, or intended to persuade

17. infirmary- a place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured; hospital or facility serving as a hospital

18. ridicule- speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.

19. saboteurs- One who commits sabotage

20. aptitude- capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent

21. percolator- a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.

22. inconspicuously- not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent.

23. ascot- a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.

24. conscious- aware of one’s own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.

25. delinquency- failure in or neglect of duty or obligation; dereliction; default