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vocab list 1
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| educable | able to be educated |
| fleet | quick/fast |
| statures | natural height |
| cubits | measurement from elbow to fingers |
| scorn | open dislike and disrespect or mockery |
| assailed | mad or violent attack |
| renown | fame.being well known |
| vagrant | person without a home or work that wanders from place to place and begs for a living |
| albeit | even though |
| incessantly | without interruption/constantly |
| loathing | feeling of intense dislike or disgust/hatred |
| lattice | structure consisting of strips of wood or metal with square gaps |
| beguiling | charming or enchanting often in a deceptive way or intent |
| decorum | behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety |
| ominous | impression something bad may happen |
| undaunted | not intimidated by difficulty danger or disappointment |
| ecstasy | emotional or religious frenzy or trance like state |
| lime | white chalk compound used to dissolve smells of feces and rotting corpse |
| writhing | twisting squirming movements or contortions of the body |