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the pearl vocabu
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Algae | seaweed |
| Avarice | greed |
| Bulwark | a wall built for defense |
| Catalyst | something or someone that acts to change things |
| Countenanced | faced; put up with |
| Escarpment | a steep slope |
| Estuary | wide mouth of a river where it empties into the sea |
| Incandescence | brightness given off by a hot object |
| Legerdemain | sleight of hand; trickery |
| Mangrove | a tropical tree |
| Monolithic | one; made from one piece |
| Poultice | herbal medicines applied to a wound or score |
| Pulque | a drink made from a plant |
| Scorpion | insect with a poisonous sting |
| Suppliant | one who begs or prays for help |
| Cozened | tricked, deceived |
| Lucence | light |
| Consecrated | made holy |
| lethargy | weariness |
| Cleft | a split |
| Petulant | irritated, upset |
| Germane | Related to the whole |
| Apprehensively | with worry |
| Indigent | poor |
| Prophecy | prediction of the future |