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The Raft
chapters 1-19
Term | Definition |
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Adorning | making something look more attractive |
Albeit | a peaceful brief retirement |
Anguished | showing anguish |
Beckoned | something that indicated agreement |
Callous | made hard |
Chaos | a total lack of organisation of order |
Dehydration | a lack of water in the body |
Demeanor | deportment |
Famished | extremely hungry |
Flailed | a similar instrument used as a weapon of war |
Hyperthermia | abnormally high fever |
Illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
Immersed | plunged or sunk in or as if in a liquid |
Intermitten | stopping or ceasing for a time |
Isolation | the state of being isolated |
Lolled | to hang loosely, droop, or dangle |
Lurched | the act or instance of swaying abruptly |
Parched | to make dry, hot, or thirsty |
Reassurance | to reassure someone |
Redeemed | to buy or pay off |