Chapter13 Flashcards
Scramble
By making one’s way quickly up or awkwardly up a steep slip or over rough ground by using one’s hand as well as one’s feet
Fumble
Use the hands clumsily
Heap
A mount or pile of a certain substance
Hoist
Raise (by means of ropes or pulleys) or haul up
Grace
Elegance
Verge
Approach something closely; be close to or similar to
Hurdle
Jump over a hurdle or other obstacles while running
Smolder
Burning slowly with smoke but no flame
Outcrop
A rock formation that is visible on the surface
Meager
(Or something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality
Retch
Make the sound and movement of vomiting
Wad
Compress ( a soft material) into a lump or bundle
Inferno
A large fire that is dangerously out of control
Ledge
A narrow horizontal surface projected form a wall, cliff, or other surfaces
Rig
Set up (equipment or a device or structure), typically hastily or in a makeshift fashion
Scald
Cause to feel a searing sensation like that of boiling water on skin
Scuttle
Run hurriedly with quick steps
Shrieking
Making a high-pitched piercing cry or sound
Welt
A red, swollen mark left in flesh by a blow or pressure
Stark
Bare in appearance or outline
Crevice
A narrow opening, especially in a rock or wall
Blister
A small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning or other damage
Sodden
Saturated with liquid, especially water
Scathe
Harm
Stupor
A state of near-unconsciousness
Raspy
Harsh-sounding, hoarse (of a person’s voice) sounding rough, harsh, typically ad the result of a sore throat or of shouting
Consolation
The comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment
Scurry
(Of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps
Flail
Wave or swing
Fiend
A evil spirit or demon
Incompetent
Not having or showing the necessary skill to do something successfully
Potency
the ability or capacity to achieve or bring about a particular result
Will
Make or try to make someone do something or something happen by the exercise of mental powers
