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A soft gentle breeze

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zephyr

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A young person or animal.

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youngling (n)

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Of long ago or former times

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yore (n)

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Over there; in that direction

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yon

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Cover, surround, or encircle (something)

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wreathe (v)

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extremely angry

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wrathful (adj)

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usual

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wonted (adj)

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accustomed

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wont (adj)

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​strange, beautiful and impressive

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wondrous (adj)

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Outside

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without

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​the place where somebody lives

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abode (n)

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An attack or outburst of an emotion

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access (n)

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goodbye

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adieu

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At or to a distance

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afar (adv)

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Swiftly; quickly

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apace (adv)

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A large merchant ship, originally one from Ragusa (now Dubrovnik) or Venice.

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argosy (n)

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​used to emphasize how bad something/somebody is

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arrant (adj)

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​into pieces; apart

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asunder (adv)

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Melancholy or irritable

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atrabilious (adj)

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20
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The dawn (2 words)

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aurora (n), cock-crow (n)

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used when asking somebody politely to do something

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prithee (exclamation)

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​has

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hath

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a poet

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bard (n)

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a sailing ship with three or more masts

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barque (n)

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dress gaudily

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bedizen (v)

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to become the father of a child

to make something happen

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beget (v)

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to look at or see somebody/something

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behold (v)

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to ask somebody for something in an anxious way because you want or need it very much

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beseech (v)

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scatter

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bestrew (v)

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to go somewhere

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betake oneself (v)

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happen

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betide (v)

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to be a sign of something

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betoken (v)

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sword (2 words)

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blade (n), brand (n)

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showing you do not care or are not anxious about what you are doing

happy; not anxious

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blithe (adj)

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covered by trees or bushes

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bosky (adj)

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mist or fog

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brume (n)

37
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the swiftness of movement.

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celerity (n)

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surround with a rampart or wall

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circumvallate (v) (adj)

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loud and clear

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clarion (adj)

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to stick close to something/somebody

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cleave to (v)

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to flash

to be full of life, enthusiasm or humor

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coruscate (v)

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relating to the drinking of alcohol

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crapulent (adj)

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Growing, increasing, or developing

Having the shape of a crescent.

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crescent (Adj)

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​related to the period of the evening when the sun has just gone down but there is still some light in the sky

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crepuscular (adj)

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the sea

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deep, the (n)

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a small valley

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dell (n)

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a deep wooded valley

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dingle (n)

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​of many different kinds

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divers (adj)

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great sorrow

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dolour (n)

50
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sweeten

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dulcify (v)

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blow (a bugle)

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wind (v)

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a hypocrite

a person inwardly corrupt or wicked but outwardly or professedly virtuous or holy

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whited sepulchre (n)

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the sky or heaven

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welkin (n)

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​to marry

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wed (v)

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a person who travels from one place to another, usually on foot

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wayfarer (n)

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(of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form can be seen

opposite “wane”

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wax (v)

57
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to lack something

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want sth (v)

58
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a person’s face

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visage (n)

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greenish or becoming green (2 words)

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viridescent (adj), virescent (adj)

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clothing

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vesture (n) (v)

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chaste; pure

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vestal (Adj) (n)

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