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earthsea vocabs Flashcards

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somber

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dull

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immense

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huge

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drouth

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drought

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invocations

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the mentioning

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hastily

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hurriedly

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archipelago

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a group of islands

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uttermost

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furthest; most extreme extent

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atop

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on the top of

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townsfolk

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townspeople

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frolic

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verb or noun. playing moving about cheerfully energetically

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werelight

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man light, a kind of magical light that wizards are able to produce, seemingly out of thin air.

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fey

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giving an impression of vague unworldliness.

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snuff

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extinguish…out

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balk

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resist

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sulky

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grumpy

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mange

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scabies

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disdain

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the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect

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straggling

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move along slowly, typically in a small irregular group, so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.

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crest

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noun or verb. summit(peak).

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sunder

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split apart

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spindle

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a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or on which something revolves.

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sallow

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yellowish

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breach

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noun or verb. rupture(crack)

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clamber

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noun or verb. climb in an awkward and laborious way.

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hoarse

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gruff

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writhing

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twisting or squirming movements or contortions of the body, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort

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talon

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claw

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abed

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in bed

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stanch

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stop -> the flow of blood from a wound

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welling

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(of a liquid) rising to the surface and spill or be about to spill; (of an emotion) arising and becoming more intense.

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vigil

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noun. a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray(this on the eve of a holy day)

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tolling

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(of a bell) announce or mark (the time, a service, or a person’s death).

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immanent

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inherent (existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.)

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grove

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a small wood, orchard, or group of trees.

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noun: shutters/louvers, verb: shuttered

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each of a pair of hinged panels, often louvered, fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out light.

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stammer

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stutter

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fealty

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formal acknowledgment of loyalty to a lord.

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haggard

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looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.

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unwittingly

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without being aware; unintentionally.

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wrought

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(of metals) beaten out or shaped by hammering. e.g. wrought golden gates, wrought iron staircase railings

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shod

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past tense of shoe

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four-square

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(of a building or structure) having a square shape and solid appearance

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brindle

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a brownish or tawny color of animal fur, with streaks of other color.

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reproach

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verb or noun. the expression of disapproval or disappointment.

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45
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wet kind of gas especially of decaying matter in marshes, swamps, bogs

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marsh-gas

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whiff

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verb or noun: smell. Noun: gust

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bellows

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a device with an air bag that emits a stream of air when squeezed together with two handles, used for blowing air into a fire.

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belligerent

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aggressive

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49
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eidetic

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relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible

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therein

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in that place, or document

51
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thenceforth

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from that time, place, or point onward

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portent(s)

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a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen; an exceptional or wonderful person or thing

53
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omen

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prophetic significance

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calamity

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disaster

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perilous

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dangerous

56
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folly

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foolishness

57
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awry

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(amiss). away from the appropriate, planned, or expected course

58
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dwell

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reside, live (in)

59
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hearsay

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rumor

60
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herring

A

that common grey fish

61
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pry

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inquire too closely into a person’s private affairs

62
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devious

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(deceitful)(dishonest)(underhanded)

63
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thwart

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oppose successfully

64
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flit

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dart, skip. mkve swiftly and lightly

65
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ruse

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tactic

66
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wrest

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snatch

67
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nestling

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a bird that is too young to leave its nest. nestle = snuggle

68
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protrude

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stick out

69
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ivory

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a creamy-white colour; a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant or walrus

70
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solace

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comfort

71
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unobstructed

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unblocked

72
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smelting

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the extraction of metal from its ore by a process involving heating and melting.

73
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wreathe

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cover, surround, or encircle

74
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requisite

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essential

75
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chafed

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scratched(as in rubbed)

76
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wares

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pottery, typically that of a specified type

77
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peddler

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a person who sells illegal drugs or stolen goods; a person who promotes an idea or view persistently or widely; a person who goes from place to place selling small items

78
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strait

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a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water

79
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desolate

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adj or verb. (of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness; make a place bleakly and depressingly empty or bare

80
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dismal

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gloomy

81
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pendick trees

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earthsea’s fictional tree

82
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thatch

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cover ( a roof or a building) with straw or a similar material

83
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earthen

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(of a floor or structure) made of compressed earth; (of a pot) made of baked or fired clay

84
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ailment

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an illness, typically a minor one

85
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spawn

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release or deposit eggs

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lair

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a place where a wild animal, especially a fierce or dangerous one, lives

87
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alight

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descend from a bus, train, or other forms of transport

88
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sheepfold

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a sheep pen

89
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sate

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satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full

90
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bode

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verb. be an omen of a particular outcome

91
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heartily

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wholeheartedly

92
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jetty

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a landing stage or small pier at which boats can dock or be moored; a breakwater constructed to protect or defend a harbor, stretch of coast, or riverbank

93
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tend

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go or move in a particular direction; care for, look after

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mast

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a tall upright post, spar, or other structure on a ship or boat, in sailing vessels generally carrying a sail or sails

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catboat

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a sailboat with a single mast placed well forward and carrying only one sail

96
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mast stepping

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the process of raising the mast of a boat

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red fever

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A regional term for any fever accompanied by an erythematous rash

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despair

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hopelessness

99
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stoop

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(stoop down) bend one’s head or body forward and downward; lower one’s moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible(disgraceful).

100
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wail

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a prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger.

101
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prolong

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lengthen

102
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trance

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verb n noun. a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.

103
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rafter

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one of several internal beams extending from the eaves to the peak of a roof and constituting its framework.

104
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rouse

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wake

105
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akin

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(akin to) of similar character.

106
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strove

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past tense of strive

107
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cowardice

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lack of bravery

108
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coals

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plural form of coal

109
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ward

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a separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient.

110
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imminent

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near, approaching.

111
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moorage

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the action of mooring a boat or ship to the shore or to an anchor.

112
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peril

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jeopardy(danger)

113
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gloomy

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dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening.

114
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sullen

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gloomy

115
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lurch

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make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger(walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall).

116
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smother

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suffocate

117
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prow

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the pointed or projecting front part of something such as transportation or building.

118
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keel

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noun: the underside of a boat. verb: (keel over) turn over on its side.

119
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rim

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the upper or outer edge of an object, typically something circular or approximately circular.

120
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gut (verb)

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disembowel(past:double l-ed), cut open and remove the internal organs of.

121
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vessel

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a ship or large boat

122
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hull

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the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.

123
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