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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Firmly | With little possibility of movement; securely |
| Scold | Remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily. |
| Dodge | To avoid ( someone or something) by sudden quick movement; expose (one area of a print) less than the rest during processing or enlarging. |
| Relent/relented | To soften in temper, attitude, or severity, often by finally agreeing to something previously refused. |
| Glimpse | A momentary partial view; see or perceive briefly or partially. |
| Mending/mend | To repair, fix, or restore something broken, torn, or worn out to a usable condition. |
| Nomad | A member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock |
| Snuffle/snuffling | Breathing audible and heavily through a partly blocked nose, often while crying, sick with a cold, or sniffing around like an animal |
| Extinction /extinct | Permanent disappearance of a species, subspecies, or group of organisms, occurring when the last surviving member dies. |
| incident | An event or occurrence, likely to happen because of, resulting from; (especially of light or other radiation) falling on or striking something |
| Cease /ceased | To stop, halt, or bring an action to an end, often used in formal context to signify discontinuing an activity permanently or temporarily; Ceased is the past tense, meaning the action or process has already ended. |
| Century | A period of one hundred years; a score of a hundred in a sporting event, especially a batter's score of a hundred runs in a cricket match. |
| Snippets /snippets | A small, brief piece, fragment, or scrap of something, such as information news, conversation or code. |
| Rummage /rummaged | To thoroughly, actively, or haphazardly search through a container or area. |
| Heroine | A woman admired or idealized for her courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. |
| Emerge | Move out of or away from something and come into view |
| Prod /prodding | To poke, jab, or nudge someone/something with a finger or pointed object, both literally and figuratively to incite action. Prodding is the act of urging, prompting, or nagging a reluctant person to do something |
| Tatter /tattered | Tattered describes something—usually clothing, fabric, or paper—that is torn, ragged, frayed, or in shreds due to heavy use or age |