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Reading Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Hale | Hearty, strong |
Blithe | Happy |
Quoth | Said |
Fee | Wealth, possession |
Factotum | A person employed to do all kinds of work |
Indispensable | Absolutely necessary |
Perpetually | Continually |
Centiped | An insect with a great number of legs |
Economize | To save |
Dispatch | Diligence, haste |
Penstock | A wooden tube for conducting water |
Chores | The light household work of the household eiather indoors or putdoors |
Qualities | Traits of character |
Meddling | Interfering without right |
Forthwith | At once |
Amiss | Wrong, faulty |
Woeful | Sad, ssorrowful |
Tingling | Smarting |
Refrain | To keep from |
Immense | Very Great |
Majesty | Statliness, elevation of manner |
Dignity | Grace, loftiest of manner |
Title | Name |
Solitary | Living by oneself |
Crags | Steep, rughed rocks |
Base | Foot, bottom |
Plumes | Feathers |
Talons | Claws |
Eyrie | The nest a bird builds in a lofty place |
Ledge | A ridge or projection |
Rook | A bird resembling a crow but smaller |
Reared | Brought up |
Eaglets | Young eagles |
Century | The space of a hundred years |
Gigantic | Very large |
Dimensions | Size |
Sublime | Grand, noble |
Disperse | Scattered |
Unveiling | Useless |
Clamorous | Loud, noisy |
Indecision | Want of fixed purpose |
Momentary | For a single moment |
Circuit | Movement round in a circle |
Exhausted | Wholly tired out |
Nesting | Young birds in the nest |