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Ms ellis. Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hireling | one whose only interest in his or her work is the hire(pay) |
| starveling | one who is thin from lack of food |
| suckling | child or animal that is nursed |
| yearling | one who is a year old |
| changeling | child secretly exchanged for another in infancy |
| duckling | little duck |
| foundling | infant found after being deserted by its unknown parents |
| gosling | young goose |
| sibling | brother or sister |
| stripling | lad |
| anent | about; concerning; in respect to |
| anon | soon; presently |
| behest | command; order |
| beholden | bound in gratitude; indebted |
| behoove | be necessary for; be proper for |
| betimes | early |
| heath | tract of wasteland |
| wane | decrease; dwindle |
| warlock | sorcerer; wizard |
| warp | threads running lengthwise in the loom, crossed by the woof |
| wax | grow; increase |
| withal | with it all' in addition' despite that |
| woof | threads running from side to side in a woven fabric |
| yclept | named; called |