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Light in the Forest
novel vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aversion | avoidance of something disliked |
| loathing | hatred |
| palavering | chattering |
| cumbersome | burdensome |
| impassive | expressionless |
| ostentation | showiness |
| subjection | under another's authority |
| presumptuous | arrogant |
| bolster | a narrow pillow |
| pestilence | a fatal disease |
| gaol | jail |
| abhorrence | an intense dislike |
| acquitted | cleared of a charge |
| millstones | heavy stones |
| encumbrances | hindrances |
| lithe | graceful |
| dram | a small drink |
| condone | to forgive an offense |
| precepts | rules |
| unfathomable | not able to be understood |
| seraph | an angel |
| miasmas | a poisonous influence |
| aboriginal | native |
| remuneration | payment |
| insidious | treacherous |
| seine | a large fishing net |