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Personal Dictionary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| allinaetiong | position in a straight line |
| accordance | to agree or conformity |
| ablaze | being on fire |
| aftertaste | taste that remains after the what caused it is gone |
| atop | on top |
| agriculture | farming |
| aquarium | a tank or a bowl filled with water that has sea creature that can be seen |
| artist | one who is skilled in or whose profession is one of the fine arts, a painter |
| audio | of or relation to sound or audio frequences |
| ambushed | a surprise attack made from a hiding place |
| audacious | not showing any fear |
| arrained | to state formally the charge against(someone) before a judge and record an answer to the charge |
| alleviate | relieve;reduce |
| baccalaureate | religious service an education institution |
| battery | related to gun and cannons used together |
| catechism | classes; formal classes in religious instruction |
| consolation | a comfort |
| cower | to crouch or shrink down in fear |
| cunningly | in a clever way that is meant to trick or decieve |
| chronic | of a illness lasting a long time or recuring |
| chafe | to irritate by rubbing |
| contour | the outline of a figure or body |
| confrontation | face-to-face meeting between opposite sides |
| contemptuous | scornful; full or meanness |
| cease | to come to an end |
| claret | dark red |
| cobbles | rouned stones used for paving roads |
| casement | a window that opens outward on side hinges |
| cascade | a waterfall or something that resembles a waterfall |
| detonated | to explode or cause to explode with sudden violence |
| dialogue | the parts that are conversation in a play or novel |
| dissipate | disappear; go away |
| devastating | to bring or to ruin by violent action |
| exit | way out |
| exuberantly | in a manner showing enthisiasm or joy |
| eternal | without beginging or end |
| foliage | the mass of leaves of a plant |
| fledging | a young bird that has recently grown its flight feathers |
| frail | delicut, weak and fragile |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| glimpse | a very quick look |
| gaunt | thin and bony |
| goaded | pushed or driven |
| gleam | a flash or beam of bright light |
| galleon | a large sailing ship |
| heedless | not taking heed |
| habitat | the area or region in which an animal or plant naturally lives or grows |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust unworthy or mean |
| intricate | arranged in a complex way |
| imminent | about to happen |
| increduluos | doudting; unable to beleive |
| jauntily | in a light or carefree way |
| linger | to be slow in leaving a place or activity |
| lunges | a sudden forward rush or reach |
| league | a distance or three miles |
| mistrust | a lack of confidence |
| magnitude | a size or extent, greatness or size or extent |
| moor | a wide, rolling open area, usually covered with low-growing shrubs |
| nebulize | to reduce to a fine spray |
| osler | a worker who takes care of horses at a inn |
| presentable | capabke of being presented |
| personification | the act of personifying |
| postwar | after war |
| parenthetical | a place within partheses |
| perturbed | disturbed; troubled |
| protrude | stick out from the surrounding surface |
| plaiting | braiding |
| revive | to return to life |
| repay | to pay or give back, as money |
| refuge | a shelter or protection, as from danger, trouble, or hardship |
| required | called for or needed |
| rapierhilt | sword handle |
| singe | to burn lightly |
| somber | serious; gloomy |
| sloth | laziness |
| sophocles | greek dramatist |
| sabers | heavy, slightly curved sword |
| sunder'd | broken apart; split into pieces |
| tawny | a warm, sandy shade of brawnish orange |
| wince | to draw back, as in pain or distress |
| wicket | a small door or gate |
| writhe | to twist or move painfully |
| pathogens | tiny organism that cause communicable disease |
| bacteria | tiny one-cell organism that lives nearly everywhere |
| vector | an organism such as an inspect that transmits a pathogens |
| antigens | substances that released by invading pathogens |
| antibodies | proteins that attach to antigens keeping from harming the body |
| immunity | your bodys ability to resist the germs that cause a particular disease |
| HIV | virus that causes aids |
| STD's | infection spread from person to person through sexual contact |
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