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Chapter 11-18 BotR
Blood on the River Chapter 11-18
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| coveted | greatly desired |
| intercede | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences |
| compulsion | an urge to do something that might be better left undone |
| encroach | impinge or infringe upon |
| exhort | spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts |
| eaves | the overhang at the lower edge of a roof |
| cassock | a black garment reaching down to the ankles |
| clamor | utter or proclaim insistently and noisily |
| oration | an instance of formal speaking |
| cower | show submission or fear |
| imputation | the attribution to a source or cause |
| humility | a lack of arrogance or false pride |
| quell | suppress or crush completely |
| vie | compete for something |
| conjecture | a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating |