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In The Witch’s House
4 eng - In The Witch’s House
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Enormous | Extremely large or immense. |
| Infer | To deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements. |
| Coaxes | Gently and persistently persuades someone to do something. |
| Bewitches | Casts a spell over someone and gains control over them by magic; charms or fascinates someone. |
| Enchanted | Placed under a spell; filled with delight; charmed. |
| Departs | Leaves, especially to start a journey. |
| Prophecies | Predictions of what will happen in the future. |
| Imagined | Formed a mental image or concept of something; believed something to be real that was not. |
| Shuffled | Walked by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground. |
| Ventured | Went somewhere even though one knew that it might be dangerous or unpleasant. |
| Gloating | Showing excessive, often malicious, satisfaction at one's own success or another's failure. |
| Scribbled | Wrote or drew something carelessly or hurriedly. |
| Jeering | Making rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice. |
| Eerie | Strange and frightening. |
| Threshold | A strip of wood, stone, or metal forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room. (Also: the point of beginning.) |
| Bristling | (Of hair or fur) standing upright; showing aggression or indignation. |
| Vanished | Disappeared suddenly and completely. |
| Gloomy | Dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening; feeling distressed or pessimistic. |
| Eagerly | With keen interest or desire. |
| Stammered | Spoke with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat initial consonants. |