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The Maze of Bones
words | Defintions |
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talisman | a ring or stone carved with symbols beleived to be magical |
careened | To swirve |
thermal | insulated |
parkas | a warm hip-length weatherproof coat with a hood, originally worn by Eskimos |
absurd | crazy |
archeology | the study of man's past by scientific analysis of the material remains of his cultures |
encrypted | to put (a message) into code |
arsenal | a store for arms, ammunition, and other military items |
ornately | (of style in writing) overembellished; flowery |
pedastal | a base that supports a column, statue, etc., as used in classical architecture |
porcelian | a more or less translucent ceramic material, the principal ingredients being kaolin and petuntse (hard paste) or other clays, ground glassy substances, soapstone, bone ash, etc |
anagram | a word or phrase made out of another by changing the order of the letters |
inert | unable or slow to move, act, or react |
steeled | to fill with courage or determination |
procession | a group of individuals moving along in an orderly often ceremonial way |
will | to leave by or as if by a will : BEQUEATH |
craggy | rough or tough |
sundial | a device to show the time of day by the position of the shadow cast on a marked plate or disk usually by an object with a straight edge |
hearse | coffin |
resolution | a measure of the sharpness of an image or of the sharpness with which a device can produce or record an image |