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Blizzard 1-7
Blizzard of Glass chapter 1-7 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| munitions | materials used in war, especially weapons and ammunition |
| moored | To secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines |
| wharf | A structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; pier |
| sufficient | Adequate for the purpose; enough |
| hawser | A heavy rope for mooring or towing |
| bustled | To move or act with a great show of energy |
| maelstrom | A restless, disordered, or tumultuous state of affairs |
| tsunami | A great sea wave; tidal wave |
| morgue | A place where the bodies of dead people are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial autopsy |
| diversity | Variety |
| recluse | One who withdraws from society; solitary |
| convoy | Accompany; to escort for protection |
| dismembered | To cut off or disjoin the limbs, members or parts of the body |
| coroner | Usually an elected public official whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which is reason to suppose is not due to natural cuases |
| marred | To detract from the perfection of something; spoil; mark |
| captivated | Irresistible appeal; to capture and hold the attention |
| millinery | Women's apparel for the head; hatmaking |
| hysteria | Behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess |
| wafted | To float or be carried, especially through the air |
| stoke | To poke, stir up, and feed (a fire) |
| smudgy | Smeared; smoky |
| stevedore | Individual engaged in the loading or unloading of a vessel |
| scaffold | Temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building |
| seamstress | A woman whose occupation is sewing |
| flounder | To struggle to move or obtain footing; to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually |