In my lit circle, I have the job of finding any vocabulary words, so here it goes...
Chapter 1:
- Beacon: signal or guidance device
- Elude: to escape
- Lair: den of a wild animal
- Pollards: trees cut back so the lower branches are removed and the upper branches form a ball
Chapter 2:
- Forge: blacksmith
- Larceny: the wrongful taking of someone's personal goods
- Squally: stormy; threatening
- Decant: to pour gently
Chapter 3:
- Rimy: covered with rime (ice particles)
- Ague: a fit of fever or shivering
- Imp: a little devil or demon
Chapter 4:
- Prodigiously: extraordinary in size
- Declamation: exercise in oratory or elocution
- Penitentials: pertaining to the expressive of repentence
Chapter 5:
- Cravat: necktie
- Manacled: handcuff
Chapter 7
- Epistle: a letter of written communication
- Anvil: a heavy iron block with smooth face
Chapter 8:
- Disdain: attitude of arrogance
- Farinaceous: having a powdery texture
- Recluse: someone who lives in seclusion
Chapter 9:
- Adamantine: hard and unyielding
- Metaphysics: the branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality
- Reticence: reserved
Chapter 10:
- Ophthalmic: relating to the eye
- Refractory: resisting control
Chapter 11:
- Sanguinary: bloody
- Dexterous: skillful use of hands
Chapter 12:
- Depreciatory: lowering in estimation or esteem
- Homage: official expression of high regard
Chapter 13:
- Abject: the most miserable kind
- Augur: to look for and read signs of omens
- Vagary: unpredictable action
Chapter 15:
- Hermitage: a retreat
- Maudlin: excessively sentimental
- Plume: to preen or show off
Chapter 16:
- Aberration: eccentricity or abnormality
- Vagabond: a vagrant wanderer
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