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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Redoubts | small forts standing alone |
| Aversion | a strong or fixed dislike; unwillingness |
| Affronted | openly insulted, purposely offended |
| Doughtier | braver, stronger |
| Slouching | standing, sitting, walking, or moving in an ackward, drooping manner |
| Forsaken | deserted, abandoned |
| Parched | dried by heating, slightly roasted |
| Ominous | being a sign of evil or trouble to come |
| Disposition | one's usal attitude or mood |
| Cumbersome | hard to handle, manage, or deal with |
| Heedless | nat paying attention to; thoughtless |
| Impassive | not feeling or showing emotion |
| Unscalable | unable to be climbed |
| Ostentation | showing off; a display intended to impress others |
| Stolid | not easily excited; showing no emotion |
| Subjugation | bringing under some control or power |
| Pallid | lacking color; pale |
| Presumptuos | acting without permission or right; too bold |
| Aloofness | keeping oneself at a distance; withdrawn; not intrested |
| Resentment | a feeling of anger or displeasure at a real or imaguned wrong, insult, or injury |
| Loathing | strong dislike or disgust |
| Pestilence | a disease that causes many people to die |
| Abhorrence | disliking someone or something very much; great hatred |
| Debased | made lower in character degrated |
| Revulsion | a very strong and sudden feeling of dislike or disgust |
| Rangy | tall and thin |
| Hatching | planning secretly, ploting |
| Derision | the feeling that people express when they critize and laugh at someone or somrthing in an insulting way |
| Languish | to continue for a long time without activity in an unplesent or unwanted situation |
| Encumbrances | causes problems or difficulties for someone or something |
| Odious | causing hatred or stong dislike |
| Assented | agreed or approved of something after carefully thinking about it |
| Stealthy | quiet and secret in order to avoid being noticed |
| Keen | having or showing an ability to think clearly and understand what is not obvious or simple |
| Gravity | very serious quality or condition |
| Formidable | very difficult to deal with |
| Condone | treating something bad as forgivable, acceptable or harmless |
| Precepts | rules that tell how people should live |
| Unfathomable | too impossible to understand |
| Exemplary | extremely good and deserving to be admired and copied |
| Deterred | kept back; discouragedfrom doing something |
| Provocative | something that will likely cause a reaction like curosity or anger |
| Brooked | allowed something to exist or happen |
| Fervent | having or showing very strong feelings |
| Pliable | easily influenced or controlled by other people |
| Brusque | talking or behaving in a very direct, brief, and unfriendly way |
| Liable | likely to be affected or harmed by something |
| Obscure | not well known |
| Solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune |
| Remuneration | amount of money paid for work done |
| Oration | a formal speech |
| Gnarled | having many twists and hard bumps or knots (wood) |
| Unquenchable | not satisfying or decreasing |
| Insidious | causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed |
| Reproved | to criticize or correct, usually in a gentle way |
| Purging | making clean or pure by getting rid of things that are wrong or dirty |
| Plied | kept furnishing or suppling something to |
| Writhing | twisting and turning |
| Submission | the act of accepting the control od someone else |
| Alacrity | a cheerful readiness to do something |
| Fording | crossing through shallow water |
| Aloof | with drawn; keeping oneself at a distance |
| Pungency | the quality of having a sharp or stinging taste or smell |
| Berating | scolding sharply |
| Booty | goods taken by force or stolen from an enemy |
| Traversed | passed across, over, or through; crossed |
| Corrupted | changed from good to bad; made incorrect or dishonest |
| Gauntlet | a challenge to struggle or fight with; a difficult experiance |
| Covet | to eagerly desire something that belongs to another |
| Boon | something pleasent or helpful that comes at just the right time |
| Discerned | saw, recognized or understood something clearly |
| Pervaded | spred through all parts |
| Stratagem | a trick in war to decieve or outwit the enemy |
| Appese | to make calm or quiet by giving what is wanted |
| Meritorious | deserving reward or honor |
| Remonstrating | disagreeing, arguing, or complaining about something |
| Exultation | a feeling of great happiness or excitement |
| Incredulity | being unable or unwilling to believe something; doubt, disbelief |
| Volition | the power to make your own chosies or decisions |
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