Chapters 11-15 Flashcards

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A series of rock towers

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Gendarmes

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1
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A high point of land or rock projecting into a lowland

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Promontory

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2
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Not being able to be conquered

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Impregnable

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3
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A deep imeasurable space

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Abyss

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4
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A space or opening

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Cleft

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5
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Between the ribs and the hips

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Flank

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6
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A current at variance, air or water moving in a circular motion

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Eddies

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7
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A steep rugged rock

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Crag

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8
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Barren or laid waste

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Desolate

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9
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A cloth or sheet

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Shroud

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10
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A visible spirit or ghost

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Specter

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11
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To secretly help someone do something unlawful, cooperate secretly

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Connived

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12
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Passionate, marked by force

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Impetuous

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13
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Happening at the same time

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Simultaneously

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14
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An unfortunate accident or bad luck

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Mishaps

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15
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A stream that flows to a larger stream or body of water

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Tributary

16
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To remove all traces of something, to cause to disappear

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Obliterated

17
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Suggesting something bad is going to happen in the future

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Ominous

18
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Causing fear or causing wonder, respect

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Formidable

19
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Vertical

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Perpendicular

20
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Depending on situation beyond one’s control

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Precarious

21
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Hard to handle because of size

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Cumbersome

22
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Prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting figure

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Cornice

23
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Twisting the body around

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Writhed

24
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To disable by binding or tying the arms

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Pinioned