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Light in the Forest
novel vocab
Question | Answer |
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aversion | avoidance of something disliked |
loathing | hatred |
palavering | chattering |
cumbersome | burdensome |
impassive | expressionless |
ostentation | showiness |
subjection | under another's authority |
presumptuous | arrogant |
bolster | a narrow pillow |
pestilence | a fatal disease |
gaol | jail |
abhorrence | an intense dislike |
acquitted | cleared of a charge |
millstones | heavy stones |
encumbrances | hindrances |
lithe | graceful |
dram | a small drink |
condone | to forgive an offense |
precepts | rules |
unfathomable | not able to be understood |
seraph | an angel |
miasmas | a poisonous influence |
aboriginal | native |
remuneration | payment |
insidious | treacherous |
seine | a large fishing net |