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The Raft
chapters 1-19
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adorning | making something look more attractive |
| Albeit | a peaceful brief retirement |
| Anguished | showing anguish |
| Beckoned | something that indicated agreement |
| Callous | made hard |
| Chaos | a total lack of organisation of order |
| Dehydration | a lack of water in the body |
| Demeanor | deportment |
| Famished | extremely hungry |
| Flailed | a similar instrument used as a weapon of war |
| Hyperthermia | abnormally high fever |
| Illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| Immersed | plunged or sunk in or as if in a liquid |
| Intermitten | stopping or ceasing for a time |
| Isolation | the state of being isolated |
| Lolled | to hang loosely, droop, or dangle |
| Lurched | the act or instance of swaying abruptly |
| Parched | to make dry, hot, or thirsty |
| Reassurance | to reassure someone |
| Redeemed | to buy or pay off |