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A soft gentle breeze

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zephyr

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A young person or animal.

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youngling (n)

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Of long ago or former times

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yore (n)

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Over there; in that direction

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yon

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Cover, surround, or encircle (something)

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wreathe (v)

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extremely angry

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wrathful (adj)

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usual

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wonted (adj)

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accustomed

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wont (adj)

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​strange, beautiful and impressive

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wondrous (adj)

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Outside

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without

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​the place where somebody lives

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abode (n)

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An attack or outburst of an emotion

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access (n)

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goodbye

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adieu

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At or to a distance

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afar (adv)

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Swiftly; quickly

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apace (adv)

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A large merchant ship, originally one from Ragusa (now Dubrovnik) or Venice.

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argosy (n)

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​used to emphasize how bad something/somebody is

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arrant (adj)

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​into pieces; apart

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asunder (adv)

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Melancholy or irritable

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atrabilious (adj)

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The dawn (2 words)

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aurora (n), cock-crow (n)

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used when asking somebody politely to do something

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prithee (exclamation)

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​has

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hath

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a poet

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bard (n)

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a sailing ship with three or more masts

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barque (n)

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dress gaudily
bedizen (v)
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to become the father of a child to make something happen
beget (v)
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to look at or see somebody/something
behold (v)
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to ask somebody for something in an anxious way because you want or need it very much
beseech (v)
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scatter
bestrew (v)
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to go somewhere
betake oneself (v)
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happen
betide (v)
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to be a sign of something
betoken (v)
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sword (2 words)
blade (n), brand (n)
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showing you do not care or are not anxious about what you are doing happy; not anxious
blithe (adj)
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covered by trees or bushes
bosky (adj)
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mist or fog
brume (n)
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the swiftness of movement.
celerity (n)
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surround with a rampart or wall
circumvallate (v) (adj)
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loud and clear
clarion (adj)
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to stick close to something/somebody
cleave to (v)
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to flash to be full of life, enthusiasm or humor
coruscate (v)
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relating to the drinking of alcohol
crapulent (adj)
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Growing, increasing, or developing Having the shape of a crescent.
crescent (Adj)
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​related to the period of the evening when the sun has just gone down but there is still some light in the sky
crepuscular (adj)
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the sea
deep, the (n)
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a small valley
dell (n)
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a deep wooded valley
dingle (n)
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​of many different kinds
divers (adj)
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great sorrow
dolour (n)
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sweeten
dulcify (v)
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blow (a bugle)
wind (v)
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a hypocrite a person inwardly corrupt or wicked but outwardly or professedly virtuous or holy
whited sepulchre (n)
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the sky or heaven
welkin (n)
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​to marry
wed (v)
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a person who travels from one place to another, usually on foot
wayfarer (n)
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(of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form can be seen opposite "wane"
wax (v)
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to lack something
want sth (v)
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a person's face
visage (n)
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greenish or becoming green (2 words)
viridescent (adj), virescent (adj)
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clothing
vesture (n) (v)
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chaste; pure
vestal (Adj) (n)

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