Vocab 3 Flashcards

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A heavy iron gating suspended by chains

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Portcullis

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Filled with sensation of dull, constant pain, especially of hunger

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Gnawingly

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Gloomy, cheerless, depressing

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Dreary

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Nasty and discussing, vile

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Loathsome

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To keep back, restrain, to check or stop

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Suppressed

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Of, shaped like, or having a bulb

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Bulbous

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Disgusting; abhorrent; detestable

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Abominable

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To be under a curse; to be evil, wicked

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Accursed

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A container for liquids with a handle, a narrow neck, a spout, and sometimes a lid

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Flagon

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A peak of high land that juts out in to a body of water

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Promontory

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Of or serving as an omen; threatening, sinister

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Ominous

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Skillful or clever, skillful in deception

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Cunning

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Any of a large group of small plants composed of a particular fungus and a particular alge

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Lichen

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A condition or state of affairs, a dangerous situation

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Plight

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Very hot, dry, thirsty

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Parchingly

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