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CeCe's Vocabulary
Vocabulary for The Raft
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adorning | to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments |
| Albeit | although; even if |
| Anguished | feeling, showing, or accompanied by anguish |
| Beckoned | to signal, summon, or direct by a gesture of the head or hand |
| Callous(y) | made hard; hardened |
| Chaos | a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order |
| Dehydration | an abnormal loss of water from the body, especially from illness or physical exertion |
| Demeanor | conduct; behavior; deportment |
| Famished | extremely hungry |
| Flailed | to beat or swing with or as if with a flail |
| Hyperthermia | Pathology. abnormally high fever |
| Illuminate | to supply or brighten with light; light up |
| Immersed | plunged or sunk in or as if in a liquid |
| Intermittent | stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again |
| Isolation | the complete separation from others of a person suffering from contagious or infectious disease; quarantine |
| Lolled | to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge |
| Lurching | a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person |
| Parched | to make dry, hot, or thirsty |
| Reassurance | to restore to assurance or confidence |
| Redeemed | to make up for; make amends for; offset (some fault, shortcoming, etc.) |