ELA Vocab Flashcards by Olivia Buell

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Deception

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To give a mistaken impression

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Shirk

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To avoid or neglect

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Quaff

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to drink heartily

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Ingenious

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Clever, original, inventive

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Inconveniencing

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To cause difficulty to trouble

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gnash

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(of teeth) striking together

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Esteemed

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held in great respect

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Paraphernalia

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collection of items relevant to each other

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applicable

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relevant or appropriate

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Audacious

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a bold risk

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Rune

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A magical mark

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abreast

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facing forward, together, shoulder to shoulder

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Legendary

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remarkable

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obstinately

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unreasonably determined

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Prudent

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mindful of the future

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remuneration

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repaying of a sevice

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necomancer

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wizard or magician

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drear

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dull, depressing, or lifeless

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glade

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An open space in a forest

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bannock

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a type of bread

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palpitating

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beating rapidly, strongly, or irregularly

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cleave

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split or sever

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Subterranean

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existing, occurring, or under the earth’s surface (secret)

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Unbeknown

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without the knowledge of (someone)

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Flummoxed

Bewildered or perplexed

Chestnut

A joke, a riddle, or a story

Antiquity

The time before the middle ages (A great age)

Sorrel

A leafy herb: pungent taste

marjoram

A medical herb: colds, coughs, and depression

bracken

A tall fern

larch

A coniferous tree (pine)

proverb

a general truth or piece of knowledge

carrock

a rock or hard surface

appalling

causing shock or dismay; horrific

tippet

a shawl worn around the shoulders

Dale

a valley, especially a broad one

trestle

cross-braced framework

mead

a alcohol made of water and honey

withered

dry and shriveled

stark

complete, sheer

hart

an adult male deer

inquistive

curious and inquiring

hind

situated in the back

vexed

frustrated or worried

accursed

under a curse

commons

a dining hall, place of gathering

sawn

to cut something

loathsome

causing hatred or disgust

warrant

authority for an action

quiots

a game like horseshoe

gloaming

twilight or dusk

throngs

a narrow strip of leather used to secure things

portcullis

a heavy grated gate

flagon

a large drinking cup/pitcher

potent

having great power

vintage

old items

toss-pot

a stupid person

kine

cows collectively

ominous

bad or unpleasant feeling

promontory

rock projecting into the sea

gammer

an old country woman

vagabond

a person who wanders

enmity

being hostile towards someone or something