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The Raft
chapters 20-51
Term | Definition |
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anxiety | fear caused distress |
applicable | capable of being applied |
barbaric | without civilizing influences |
critical | to find fault or to judge |
gnawed | bite or chew on |
gritty | consisting of grit; sandy |
heaved | to hoist or lift |
hitch | to fasten or tie |
improvised | made without previous preparation |
incline | deviate from vertical or horizontal slant |
lingering | to remain or stay in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave |
obscured | not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague or uncertain |
pathetic | pathetic causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow,etc.;pitiful |
raspy | harsh; gratty |
rationalizing | to ascribe, to cause that superficially seem reasonable and valid, but that actually are unrelated to the truth, possibly unconscious and often lass credible or agreeable causes |
ravenously | extremely hungry; famished; voracious |
regulation | a law, rule, or order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct |
savoring | to have savor, taste, or odor |
trudged | to walk, especially laboriously or wearily |
winced | to drawback or tense the body, as from a pain or from a blow; start; flinch |