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Personal Dictionary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Afternoon | The part of day between noon and sunset |
| Aboard | On,onto,or within a car, ship, or airplane |
| Agriculture | The sience, art, or occupation of cultivating soil and raising livesstock |
| Aquatic | Growing or living in or frequenting water |
| Artist | A person skilled in art |
| Audio | Reproduction of sound |
| Ambushed | To attack from an ambush |
| Audacious | Fearless, daring |
| Arraigned | To call before a court to ask an indictment |
| Alleviate | Relieve; Reduce |
| Barren | Empty lacking interest or charm |
| Blunder'd | Made a mistake |
| Battery | Related to guns and cannons used together |
| Catechism | Formal classes in religious instruction |
| Canopy | A covering suspended over a bed, throne, or shrine carried on poles over a person of high rank or some sacred object |
| Consolation | Comfort |
| Cower | Crouch or shrink down in fear |
| Cunningly | In a clever way that is meant to be trick or decieve |
| Conspiracy | A secret plan to do something wrong or illegal |
| Chronic | Last a long time or frequent |
| Captain | Leader of a group |
| Chronicle | A historical account of events |
| Incision | Cut or gash |
| Communicate | To make known |
| Corpse | Dead body |
| Recycle | Reuse |
| Chaotically | In state of ulter confusion |
| Chafe | To irritate by rubbing |
| Contour | The outline of a figure or body |
| Confrontation | Face-to-face meeting between opposing sides |
| Cosseting | Pampering; treating as if he were a little pet |
| Callous | A thickening of or a hard area on skin |
| Chasm | A deep cleft in the earth |
| Claret | Dark red |
| Cascade | A waterfall or something that resembles a waterfall |
| Detonated | Explode or cause an explosion |
| Dictator | A person given absolute emergency power by Roman senate |
| Dialouge | A conversation between two or more persons |
| Disciplinarian | Someone who enforces strict dicipline or rules |
| Dictum | Pronouncement or judgement |
| Draconic | Of a dragon |
| Exit | The act of going away |
| Exuberantly | A manner showing enthusiasm or joy |
| Exertion | Exercise; Effort |
| Foliage | The mass of leaves on a plant |
| Frail | Weak or fragile |
| Ferocity | Fierceness |
| Fledgling | A young bird that has recently grown its flight feathers |
| Fugitive | Running away or trying to escape |
| Frantic | Very excited wild with rage, fear, pain, pain or grief |
| Frighten | To scare someone or something make afraid |
| Gait | A manner of walking or moving on foot |
| Glimpse | To take a brief look |
| Gunt | Thin and bony |
| Grimace | To twist ones face to show pain or digust |
| Goaded | Pushed or driven |
| Heedless | Not taking heed |
| Habitat | Place where an animal or plant usually lives or grows |
| Imposing | Impressive because of size, bearing, dignity, or grandeur |
| Infrared | Relating to producing or employing radiation |
| Intricate | Arranged in a complex way; elaborate |
| Imminent | About to happen |
| Incredulous | Doubting; unable to believe |
| Introspective | Look inside |
| Juantily | Ina light and carefree way |
| Linger | To continue to stay; Delay leaving |
| Leauge | A distance of three miles |
| Mistrust | To think of withoout confidence or trust |
| Magnify | Exaggerate importance |
| Megalopolis | A very large city |
| Microphone | An instrument used to amplify sounds |
| Mechanic | A branch of physical science that deals with energy and forces and their effect on bodies |
| Migrate | To move from one place to another |
| Missile | An object that is projected |
| Mottled | Spotted |
| Musing | Thinking about |
| Officiously | In a self-important way |
| Personification | The act of personifying |
| Presentable | Capable of being present |
| Portly | Stout or overweight |
| Postdate | To date with later date |
| Parenthetical | To insert |
| Perturbed | Distubred troubled |
| Plaintive | Sorrowful; Sad |
| Predator | An animal that lives by killing and eating other animals |
| Prowess | Distinguished bravery |
| Quiver | Shake with a slight, rapid, movement |
| Raza | In the manner that Mexican Americans greet each other |
| Revive | To return to life |
| Repay | To payback |
| Requiered | Order, command |
| Scowl | To make an unpleasing expression on your face |
| Singe | To burn lightly |
| Submarine | Something that functions underwater |
| Spectacular | Of relating to or constituting a spectacle |
| Somber | Serious; Gloomy |
| Sabers | Heavy, slightly curved swords |
| Sunder'd | Broken apart; split into pieces |
| Terrain | The surface features or a tract of land |
| Transom | A transverse piece instructure |
| Turfed-Out | British expression meanig; expelled |
| Trifle | Something with little value |
| Tonic | Producing or tending to produce healthy muscular condition |
| Tangible | Able to be touched |
| Theme | The authors message after you have thought, watched, or read |
| Tawny | A warm, sandy shade of brownish orange |
| Valiant | Brave; Courageous |
| Wince | To draw back as pain or distress |
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