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LotF vocab 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Motif | a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work |
| Lagoon | an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes |
| Mirage | an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air |
| Effulgence | a brilliant radiance |
| Enmity | a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism |
| Conch | the spiral shell of a gastropod, often used as a horn |
| Furtive | taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret |
| Immure | to enclose within walls |
| Recrimination | an accusation in response to one from someone else |
| Swathe | to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully |
| Tendril | a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant |
| Antagonism | an active hostility or opposition, as between unfriendly or conflicting groups: |
| Incredulous | indicating or showing unbelief |
| Inscrutable | incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable |
| Perceptible | capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable |
| Clamorous | vigorous in demands or complaints |
| Whelm | to submerge; engulf |
| Generic | characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific |
| Impalpable | not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible |
| Myriad | a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things |
| Scavenge | to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material |
| Vagrant | a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp |
| Appall | to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay |
| Malevolent | wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill |
| Convulsive | producing or consisting of convulsions |
| Tacit | understood without being openly expressed; implied |
| Lamentation | the act of expressing grief |
| Sough | make a moaning, whistling, or rushing sound |
| Interminable | incapable of being terminated; unending |
| Tremulous | timid; timorous; fearful |
| Plinth | a square base or a lower block, as of a pedestal |
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