English Test on Februrary 29th or March 1st (?)
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37 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 sacred | worthy of deep respect, holy |
| crest | a ridge, the top of a hill |
| henceforth | from now on |
| stench | a strong, foul odor, a stink, a horrible smell |
| savage | a wild, uncivilized person. (negative term; in modern times, an insult) |
| kin | a person's relatives, family, kinfolk |
| merely | only, nothing more |
| thicket | a dense clump of shrubs or bushes, under growth |
| perishing | dying |
| destiny | fate, the inevitable course of events to which one is destined |
| meadow | a piece of grassland |
| mist | a mass of fine droplets of water in the air near the earth, a fog |
| befalls | happens to |
| strand | a single fibre or thread |
| dominion | control |
| contempt | the feeling that something is worthless, disgusting or inferior, extreme hatred |
| quench | to satisfy or put an end to |
| sap | the watery fluid that circulates through plants |
| shore | the land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake or river |
| holy | sacred, belonging to a divine power, worthy of worship |
| suffocate | to kill by cutting off the supply of fresh air |
| portion | a section or part of a larger thing |
| conquered | defeated by force |
| contaminate | to make impure, dirty or unclean |
| murmur | a low indistinct, continuous sound |
| exempt | freed or released from, not subjected to |
| heap | pile on top of |
| blotted | stained or spotted |
| buffalo | an ox-like mammal, also called 'bison' |
| tribes | units of families or clans that share common ancestry and culture |
| analogy | similarity in some ways between things that are otherwise not similar |
| assertion | something that is declared positively and authoritatively, often without proof |
| authority | the power to enforce laws or command |
| provoke | to stir into action or feeling |
| emphasis | special attention that gives important or singles something out |
| superlative | the highest order or degree |
| partial | only part, not total, incomplete |
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