tótem - totem
  historiador - historian
  la varita - wand
  batuta - baton
  mal - adv., badly, ill
  artificio - artifice
  caminata - trudge
  abrazo - hug, embracement
  paracaidista - parachutist, paratrooper
  zanguanga - flunk
  apendectomía - appendectomy
  cabalgata - ride
  dilatable - dilatable, distensible
  indeciso - undecided, undecisive, waveringly
  fusible - fuse, safeguard
  paz - peace
  fugaz - ephemeral, fleeting, sketchily
  compañía - company; =---- por acciones=, stock
  adinerado - moneyed, wealthy
  macilento - haggard
  roca - rock, reef
  capital - capital (city)
  protagonista - protagonist
  soldadesco - soldierly
  mascarada - masquerade
  guardia - watchman; =---- municipal=, policeman
  rato - tiwhile
  mayormente - the more so as
  bombón - bon-bon, bonbon
  fulguroso - lustrously
  el dragaminas - minesweeper
  incertidumbre - uncertainty
  boga - vogue
  alforfón - buckwheat
  orgulloso,orgullosa - proud
  colchón - mattress
  filtro - air filter, filter
  gesto - gesture
  búnker - bunker
  despreciable - abject, scornful