English 9-Chapter 11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Disrobed | to undress |
| Feisty | 1.full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky 2.troublesome, difficult |
| Warlord | a military leader, especially of a warlike nation |
| Hordes | 1.a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists 2.a tribe or troop of Asian nomads |
| Uncircumcised | heathen; unregenerate |
| Infallible | unfailing in effectiveness or operation; certain |
| Tripod | a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs |
| Gilded | covered or highlighted with gold or something of a golden color |
| Bastion | a fortified place |
| Unwonted | not customary or usual; rare |
| Anomaly | a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form |
| Camellia | any of several shrubs of the genus Camellia, especially C. japonica, native to Asia, having glossy evergreen leaves and white, pink, red, or variegated roselike flowers (a type of plant) |
| Promissory | containing or implying a promise |
| Scintilla | a minute particle; spark; trace |
| Precarious | 1.dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure 2.exposed to or involving danger; dangerous; perilous; risky |
| Slosh | to stir or splash (something) around in a fluid |
| Coup | a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment |
| Inlaid | set into the surface of something |
| Rafters | any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof |
| Demented | crazy; insane; mad |
| Coddled | to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper: |
| Predecessor | a person who precedes another in an office, position |
| Ceded | to yield or formally surrender to another |
| Mutinous | difficult to control |
| Interlocutor | a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue, interrogator |
| Forsworn | 1.past participle of forswear 2.perjured (guilty) |
| Diffuse | to spread or scatter widely or thinly |
| Vizier | a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state |
| Donjon | the inner tower, keep, or stronghold of a castle |
| Appallingly | causing dismay or horror |
| Insurrection | an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government |
| Enigmatic | resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious |
| Impassive | 1.without emotion; apathetic; unmoved 2.calm; serene |
| Disembowel | to cut or slash open the abdomen of, as by bayoneting, so as to expose or remove the viscera |
| Runes | 1.something written or inscribed in such characters 2.a poem, song, or verse |
| Balustrade | a railing with supporting balusters |
| Cobbles | cobbles, coal in lumps larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder, cobblestone |
| Nauseous | 1.causing nausea; sickening; nauseating 2.disgusting; loathsome |
| Confederates | a person, group, nation, etc., united with others in a confederacy; an ally |
| Purloined | stolen object or item |
| Plaintiveness | expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful |
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