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English
The Pearl Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ASSAULTS | a sudden, violent attack |
| CLUSTER | a group of things or persons close together |
| CERVICE | a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift |
| EXTRAVAGANT | spending much more than is necessary or wise; excessively high |
| PERPLEXED | bewildered; puzzled; complicated |
| PROCESSION | the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles |
| SOLEMN | characterized by dignified or serious formality, as proceedings; of a formal or ceremonious character; unsmiling; serious |
| STALWART | strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust; brave; strong; valiant |
| ANXIETY | distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune |
| CARBINE | a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle |
| CONFIRMATION | to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify |
| DISPARAGEMENT | to feel ridiculed or put down-belittled |
| DISTILLATE | a liquid condensed from vapor in distillation |
| EMOTION | an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness |
| GUIDANCE | advice or counseling |
| HORIZON | the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky |
| JUDICIOUS | using or showing judgement; having, exercising, or characterized by good or discriminating judgment; wise, sensible, or well-advised |
| LUCENT | translucent; clear |
| LUXURIOUS | given to or loving luxury; wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive |
| PRECIPITATE | to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly |
| PROPHECY | the foretelling or prediction of what is to come |
| SPECULATION | the contemplation or consideration of some subject |
| TRANSFIGURED | to change in outward from or appearance; transform |
| BLUSTERED: BLUSTER | to roar and be tumultuous, as wind/ boisterous noise and violence |
| DETERMINATION | the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose |
| DISCONTENT | a restless desire or craving for something one does not have |
| ESTUARY | a arm or inlet of the sea at the lower end of a river |
| FEINTED | a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack |
| FLAGSTONE | a flat stone slab used especially for paving |
| INSTINCTIVE | a natural or innate impulse, inclination, or tendency |
| LYMPHATIC | having the characteristics, as flabbiness or sluggishness |
| OBSCURED | not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain |
| OYSTERS | any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water. |
| PEARL | a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain molusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object; valued as a gem when lustrous and |
| POULTICE | a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc. applied hot as a medicament to the body |
| PUNCTURE | the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object |
| REASSURING | to restore to assurance or confidence |
| STRENUOUS | characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life |
| ULCERS | a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus |
| CLEFT | a space or opening made by cleavage; a split |
| GOAD | anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick; something that encourages,urges, or drives; a stimulus |
| GUTTURAL | pertaining to or characterized by a sound articulated in the back or the mouth; harsh; throaty |
| MONOTONOUS | lacking in variety; tediously unvarying; having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range |
| PELT | to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles; to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows |
| CONCEIVE | to form a notion or idea of; imagine |
| EXHILARATION | joyousness; extreme cheerfulness |
| GLINTED | a tiny, quick flash of light |
| LAMENT | to feel or express sorrow or regret for |
| PRESERVATION | to keep alive or in existence; make lasting |
| SCUTTLING | to run with quick, hasty steps; a short hurried run |
| SEARING | to burn or char the surface of; to mark with a branding iron; to make callous or unfeeling; harden |
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