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Personal Dictionary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A tool for making holes | Auger |
| A greed for money or power | Avarice |
| Daring to take risks fearless | Audacious |
| To call before a court to answer to an indictment | Arraigned |
| Relieve;reduce | Alleviate |
| empty; lacking intrest or charm | Barren |
| Throne of shrine | Conopy |
| Comfort | Consolation |
| To crouch or shink down in fear | Cower |
| Lasting a long time | Chronic |
| A historical account of events arranged in order of time | Chronicle |
| Marked by brevity of expression | Concise |
| An organized branch of a military establishment | Corps |
| To irritat by rubbing | Chafe |
| Dissapear | Dissipate |
| very tired | Exhaust |
| Fierceness; extreme intensity | Ferocity |
| A manner of walking or moving on fast | Gait |
| Thin and bony | gaunt |
| To twist one's face to show pain or disgust | Grimace |
| Pushed or diven | Goaded |
| About to happen | Imminent |
| Doubting | Incredulouus |
| Continue to stay; dely leaving | Linger |
| A sheme, a plot,or plan | Machination |
| To damage, to disfigure to impair, to injure | Mar |
| That has not been made, done, thought of | Original |
| Forgetful | Oblivious |
| Having power over all | Omnipotent |
| wings | Pinions |
| A bitter fruit resembling a large yellow apple | Quince |
| To return to life or consciousness | Revive |
| Serious; gloomy | Somber |
| To lighty burn | Singe |
| To rise above | transcend |
| Brave; couragous | Valiant |
| To draw backas in pain or distress | Wince |
| In a light or carefree way | Jauntily |
| A sudden forward rush or reach | Lunged |
| A distance of three miles | League |
| A lack of confidence | Mistrust |
| Size or extent greatnesss of size or extent | Magnitude |
| A wide, rolling open area, usually covered with low-growing shrubs | Moor |
| Braiding | Plaiting |
| Stick out from the surrounding surface | Protrude |
| disturbed; trouble | Perturbed |
| After war | Postwar |
| A small door or gate | Wicket |
| To twist or move painfully | Writhe |
| A surprise attack made from a hiding place | Ambushed |
| A large sailing ship | Galleon |
| A flash or beam of Bright light | Gleam |
| Laziness | Sloth |
| Heavy, slightly covered swords | Sabers |
| An allusion is a reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature | Allusion |
| The climax stage is the point of greatest interest in a story or play | Climax |
| A moral is a lesson that a story teaches | Moral |
| propaganda is a form of communication that may use false or misleading information | Propaganda |
| One necessary or basic part of a whole | Element |
| to get rid of | Dispel |
| tall and thin | Lanky |
| dangerously | perilously |
| to make fun of | taunt |
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