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Walden Chapter 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Voluptuous (adj.) | full of luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment |
| Caryatides (n.) | sculptured female figure used as a column |
| Run the Gauntlet (idiom) | to race, as a punishment, between parallel lines of men who thrash one as |
| Victualling (gerund) | providing with food or other stores |
| Sieveful (adj.) | sifted through |
| Paw (v.) | to strike with the feet; to handle someone or something in a rude manner |
| Orpheus | By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever. |
| Perplexity | a tangled, involved, or confused condition or situation |