Quiz 1 - Text 1,2,3

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alarmed

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worried or frightened by something

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faintly

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slightly or not strongly

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pleasurable

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enjoyable

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wintry

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weathered by or as if by winter

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relieve himself

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to pass waste from the body: urinate

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unencumbered

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having few or no burdens or obligations

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labours

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practical work, especially when it involves hard physical effort

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empty-headed

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devoid of serious occupation

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elated

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marked by high spirits

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tread

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walk

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uncluttered

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not containing too many small details or different parts

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glided across

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to move across a surface or area in a very smooth manner, similar to floating

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comic facility

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comic = causling laughter or amusment
facility = ability to do something esay or well

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folding

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to bend something, especially paper or cloath, so that one part it lies on the ohter part, or ot be able to be bent in this way

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solicitous

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showing care and helpful attention to someone

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relinquish

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to withdraw or retreat from

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concertina

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a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica

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casement

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a window sash that opens on hinges at the side

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sash window

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a window made of one or more movable panels/ open vertically

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hoisted

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to lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine

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lead

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a chemical element that is a very heavy, soft, dark grey, poisonous metal, used especially in the past on roofs and for pipes and also for protection against radiation

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counterwight

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an equivalent weight or force, counterbalance

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skeletal

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of, relating to, forming, attached to, or resembling a skeleton

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arrowhead

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the sharp point at the end of an arrow

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railing

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a barrier consisting of a rail and supports

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spears

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a weapon consisting of a pole with a sharp, usually metal, point at one end, that is either thrown or held in the hand

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unjust

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unfair

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premature

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happening or done too soon, especailly before the natural or suitable time

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cynical

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having or showing the attitude or temper of the belief that the human conduct is motivated wholly by self-interest

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recounts

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to describe how something happened, or to tell a story

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dran

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SCOTTISH a small drink of whiskey or other spirits

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pisco

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a colerless or yellowish-to-amber colored brandy produced in winemaking regions of Peru and Chillie

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youchsafe

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to grant as a privilege or special favor

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precluding

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to prevent something or make it impossible, or prevent someone from doing something

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yarned

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to long persistently, wistfully, or sadly

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peat fire

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Peat = a dark brown substance like soil that was formed by plants dying and becoming buried. It is sometimes added to ordinary garden soil to improve it and is sometimes used as fuel

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notarial

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related to the work oof a notary public

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thence

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from there

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emollient

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something that softens or soothers

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vaeritable

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used to describe something as another more exciting, interesting, or unusual thing, as a way of emphasizing iths character

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polymath

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person of encylopedic learning

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schrimshandered

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scrimshaw = the art of decorating or craving shells, ivory, etc, done by sailors as a leisure activity

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schooner

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a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig

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woeful

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lamentably bad or serious

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careened

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to go forward quickly while moving from side to side

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blithely

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happily and without feeling or showing any worry, especially when there is a readson to be worried

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sullen

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angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people

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miss

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useas a form of address a firl or a young woman

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shrub

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a woody plant smaller than a tree, usually having multiple permament stems branching from a near the ground

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hamlet

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a small village, usualy without a chrurch

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circumvallated

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surrounded by or as if by a rampart

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oval

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shaped like a circle that flatted so that it is like an egg or an ellipse

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plain

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a large area of flat land

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freighters

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a large ship or aircraft for carrying goods

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crevasses

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a dep crack, that forms in a glacier or ice sheet that can be a few inches across to over 40 feet

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selenologist

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a branch of astronomy that deals with the moon

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skirting

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to form or run alaong the border or edge of

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foothills

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hilly region at the base of a moutain range

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flanks

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the side of something

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stupendous

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verysypriseng, usually in a pleasing way, especially by being large in amount size

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hoarfrost

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a white layer of pices of ice like needles that forms on obejcts outside when it is very cold

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penetrated

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to pass into or through