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Trouble List #6
Chapters 18-24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| filched | to pilfer or steal (something, especially a thing of small value) in a casual way |
| endearing | inspiring affection or love; darling, lovable, sweet |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by flattering; to gain or persuade by means of gentle urging or flattery |
| slough | to cast off; to get rid of or discard; to shed; to crumble slowly and fall away |
| notorious | infamous, well known, typically for some bad quality or deed. |
| execrable | appalling, disgusting, deplorable, heinous, vile |
| fallow | (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated, untilled or unsown; not in use; inactive |
| confounded | confused, perplexed, bewildered |
| sculling | propelling, rowing; using oars to propel a boat by moving them through the water on both sides of the craft, or moving one oar over the stern |
| waning | decreasing, diminishing; drawing to a close; approaching an end |
| undulate | to move with wavelike motion; to rise and fall or bend with successive curves in alternate directions |
| ravenously | in an extremely hungry way |