BOTR Vocab Ch. 1-5 Flashcards
1
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commotion
A
a noisy disturbance
2
Q
hawkers
A
people who travel around selling goods
3
Q
wares
A
articles offered for sale
4
Q
gallows
A
used to execute a criminal by hanging
5
Q
wrenched
A
pulled out our hand violently
6
Q
magistrate
A
public official- like a police officer
7
Q
blight
A
a plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
8
Q
venture
A
proceed somewhere even with the risk of danger
9
Q
Partition
A
Something used to divide one area from another
10
Q
Ignorant
A
Lacking knowledge or sophistication
11
Q
Retching
A
The sound of vomiting
12
Q
Monotonous
A
Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
13
Q
Loitering
A
Standing or waiting around without purpose
14
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Livid
A
Furiously angry
15
Q
Decipher
A
Convert code into ordinary language
16
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Conjured
A
Create or make something (seeming impossible)
