 | Term | Definition |
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expounding |
explained in detail |
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Formidable |
Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder |
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discourse |
conversation |
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confer |
to meet in order to deliberate together or compare views |
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fathom |
to penetrate to the meaning or nature of, comprehend |
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Chiffonier |
A narrow, High chest of drawers or bureau, often with a mirror attached |
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emitted |
to give or send out matter (a smell) |
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Embittered |
to arouse bitter feelings in |
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admonished |
To counsel another against something to be avoided |
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Penchant |
a definite liking; a strong inclination |
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donned |
to put on (clothing) |
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oblivious |
lacking conscious awareness |
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Ornate |
Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented |
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settlement |
an area newly settled by people, a colony |
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Undaunted |
not discouraged or disheartened; resolutely courageous |
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proprietors |
one who has legal title to something, an owner |
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precariously |
Dangerously lacking in security or stability |
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feigned |
pretended |
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Pensively |
Deeply, often wistfully or dreamily thoughtful |
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Disdainfully |
Expressively disdainful; scornfully and contemptuously |
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adamantly |
stubbornly |
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Maverick |
one that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group, a dissenter |
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reverberated |
reechoed ( a sound) |
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transposed |
put into a different place or order |
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Raucous |
Rough-sounding and harsh |
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stealthily |
marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice |
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Morosely |
Sullenly melancholy; gloomy |
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Imperiously |
Arrogantly domineering or overbearing |
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lurked |
lay hidden; stayed out of sight |
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Sharecropping |
Working(land) or growing (crops) as a sharecropper. |
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moronic |
regarded as very stupid |
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Chignon |
A roll or knot of hair worn at the back of the head or especially at the nape of the neck |
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Emaciated |
Made or Became extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation |
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Knell |
sound of a bell |
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resiliency |
the property of a material that enables it to resume its original shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed |
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huddled |
crowded or nestled next to |
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vast |
of very large size; enormous; huge |
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Flippantly |
casually |
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dismally |
dreadfully; disastrously |
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Beams |
long, horizontal pieces of wood or metal shaped for use, as in the frame of a building or ship |
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milling |
moving around in churning confusion |
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dubious |
Fraught with uncertainty or doubt |
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riveted |
to engross or hold attention |
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haughtily |
scornfully and condescendingly proud |
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Temerity |
foolhardy disregard of danger. recklessness |
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rigging |
the arrangement of sails and related gear on a ship |
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wafted |
conveyed or sent floating through the air |
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furl |
to roll up and fasten |
