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P.R.D.15-17
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| boughs | any of the larger branches of a tree |
| sympatheic | feeling love or concern for another |
| fatigue | exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress |
| consultation | talking together to make a decision |
| floundered | walk with great difficulty; as in snow or mud |
| persecution | being mean; picking on someone |
| reluctant | unwillingness to do something |
| marooned | leave stranded |
| scanty | having only a small amount |
| despondency | feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless |
| gaunt | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold |
| tones | sounds |
| irritable | easily irritated or annoyed |
| gruel | a thin porridge of usually oatmeal or cornmeal |
| verdict | a legal decision |
| banished | expel from a community or group |
| hoarded | save up as for future use |
| wallowing | roll around |
| pacify | satisfy |
| alkali | a mixture of soluble salts found in arid (dry) soils and some bodies of water |