earthsea vocabs Flashcards
(123 cards)
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somber
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dull
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immense
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huge
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drouth
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drought
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invocations
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the mentioning
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hastily
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hurriedly
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archipelago
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a group of islands
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uttermost
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furthest; most extreme extent
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atop
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on the top of
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townsfolk
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townspeople
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frolic
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verb or noun. playing moving about cheerfully energetically
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werelight
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man light, a kind of magical light that wizards are able to produce, seemingly out of thin air.
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fey
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giving an impression of vague unworldliness.
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snuff
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extinguish…out
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balk
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resist
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sulky
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grumpy
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mange
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scabies
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disdain
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the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect
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straggling
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move along slowly, typically in a small irregular group, so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.
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crest
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noun or verb. summit(peak).
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sunder
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split apart
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spindle
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a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or on which something revolves.
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sallow
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yellowish
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breach
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noun or verb. rupture(crack)
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clamber
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noun or verb. climb in an awkward and laborious way.
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hoarse
gruff
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writhing
twisting or squirming movements or contortions of the body, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort
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talon
claw
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abed
in bed
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stanch
stop -> the flow of blood from a wound
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welling
(of a liquid) rising to the surface and spill or be about to spill; (of an emotion) arising and becoming more intense.
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vigil
noun. a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray(this on the eve of a holy day)
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tolling
(of a bell) announce or mark (the time, a service, or a person's death).
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immanent
inherent (existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.)
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grove
a small wood, orchard, or group of trees.
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noun: shutters/louvers, verb: shuttered
each of a pair of hinged panels, often louvered, fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out light.
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stammer
stutter
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fealty
formal acknowledgment of loyalty to a lord.
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haggard
looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.
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unwittingly
without being aware; unintentionally.
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wrought
(of metals) beaten out or shaped by hammering. e.g. wrought golden gates, wrought iron staircase railings
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shod
past tense of shoe
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four-square
(of a building or structure) having a square shape and solid appearance
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brindle
a brownish or tawny color of animal fur, with streaks of other color.
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reproach
verb or noun. the expression of disapproval or disappointment.
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wet kind of gas especially of decaying matter in marshes, swamps, bogs
marsh-gas
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whiff
verb or noun: smell. Noun: gust
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bellows
a device with an air bag that emits a stream of air when squeezed together with two handles, used for blowing air into a fire.
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belligerent
aggressive
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eidetic
relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible
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therein
in that place, or document
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thenceforth
from that time, place, or point onward
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portent(s)
a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen; an exceptional or wonderful person or thing
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omen
prophetic significance
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calamity
disaster
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perilous
dangerous
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folly
foolishness
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awry
(amiss). away from the appropriate, planned, or expected course
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dwell
reside, live (in)
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hearsay
rumor
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herring
that common grey fish
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pry
inquire too closely into a person's private affairs
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devious
(deceitful)(dishonest)(underhanded)
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thwart
oppose successfully
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flit
dart, skip. mkve swiftly and lightly
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ruse
tactic
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wrest
snatch
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nestling
a bird that is too young to leave its nest. nestle = snuggle
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protrude
stick out
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ivory
a creamy-white colour; a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant or walrus
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solace
comfort
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unobstructed
unblocked
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smelting
the extraction of metal from its ore by a process involving heating and melting.
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wreathe
cover, surround, or encircle
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requisite
essential
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chafed
scratched(as in rubbed)
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wares
pottery, typically that of a specified type
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peddler
a person who sells illegal drugs or stolen goods; a person who promotes an idea or view persistently or widely; a person who goes from place to place selling small items
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strait
a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water
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desolate
adj or verb. (of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness; make a place bleakly and depressingly empty or bare
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dismal
gloomy
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pendick trees
earthsea's fictional tree
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thatch
cover ( a roof or a building) with straw or a similar material
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earthen
(of a floor or structure) made of compressed earth; (of a pot) made of baked or fired clay
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ailment
an illness, typically a minor one
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spawn
release or deposit eggs
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lair
a place where a wild animal, especially a fierce or dangerous one, lives
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alight
descend from a bus, train, or other forms of transport
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sheepfold
a sheep pen
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sate
satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full
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bode
verb. be an omen of a particular outcome
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heartily
wholeheartedly
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jetty
a landing stage or small pier at which boats can dock or be moored; a breakwater constructed to protect or defend a harbor, stretch of coast, or riverbank
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tend
go or move in a particular direction; care for, look after
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mast
a tall upright post, spar, or other structure on a ship or boat, in sailing vessels generally carrying a sail or sails
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catboat
a sailboat with a single mast placed well forward and carrying only one sail
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mast stepping
the process of raising the mast of a boat
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red fever
A regional term for any fever accompanied by an erythematous rash
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despair
hopelessness
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stoop
(stoop down) bend one's head or body forward and downward; lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible(disgraceful).
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wail
a prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger.
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prolong
lengthen
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trance
verb n noun. a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.
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rafter
one of several internal beams extending from the eaves to the peak of a roof and constituting its framework.
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rouse
wake
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akin
(akin to) of similar character.
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strove
past tense of strive
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cowardice
lack of bravery
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coals
plural form of coal
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ward
a separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient.
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imminent
near, approaching.
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moorage
the action of mooring a boat or ship to the shore or to an anchor.
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peril
jeopardy(danger)
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gloomy
dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening.
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sullen
gloomy
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lurch
make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger(walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall).
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smother
suffocate
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prow
the pointed or projecting front part of something such as transportation or building.
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keel
noun: the underside of a boat. verb: (keel over) turn over on its side.
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rim
the upper or outer edge of an object, typically something circular or approximately circular.
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gut (verb)
disembowel(past:double l-ed), cut open and remove the internal organs of.
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vessel
a ship or large boat
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hull
the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.
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