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authority
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jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government |
hitherto | |
ad. until now or until the point in time under discussion |
scuffle | |
v. walk by dragging one's feet |
dreadful | |
a. very unpleasant a. causing fear or dread or terror |
urchin | |
n. poor and often mischievous city child |
cradle | |
n. a baby bed with sides and rockers |
exquisite | |
a. delicately beautiful a. lavishly elegant and refined |
pasteboard | |
n. a type of thin board made by pasting together sheets of paper |
chirp | |
v. utter a short, sharp, high-pitched sound |
sheer | |
a. nothing other than |
vexation | |
n. anger produced by some annoying irritation |
multitude | |
n. the common people generally n. a large gathering of people |
thitherward | |
ad. toward that place |
attune | |
v. adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with |
stroll | |
v. walk leisurely and with no apparent aim |
clump | |
n. a compacted mass or lump of something |
acquaintance | |
n. a person that you have met but do not know well |
at length | |
ad. after a long time |
provision | |
n. the act of providing something |
altar | |
n. the table in Christian churches where communion is given |
yearning | |
n. a strong feeling of wishing for something, especially something that you cannot have or get easily |
diligent | |
a. characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks |
miser | |
n. someone who has a strong wish to have money and hates to spend it |
dwarf | |
n. a creature like a little man with magical powers |
grant | |
v. give or allow someone something, usually in an official way |
fiddle | |
n. a violin |
hay | |
n. grass that is cut and dried and used as animal food |
sleeve | |
n. the part of a piece of clothing that covers some or all of the arm |
suffocate | |
v. (cause someone to) die because of not having enough oxygen |
bacon | |
n. meat from the back or sides of a pig, often eaten fried in thin slices |
devour | |
v. eat greedily v. destroy completely |
proclaim | |
v. affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of v. declare formally; declare someone to be something |
betroth | |
v. give to in marriage |
fret | |
v. worry unnecessarily or excessively |
resemble | |
v. appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to |
wondrous | |
a. extremely and surprisingly good |
christen | |
v. give a baby a name at a Christian ceremony and make him or her a member of the Christian Church |
pitcher | |
n. a large, round container for liquids that has a flat base, a handle, and a very narrow raised opening |
raven | |
n. the largest bird in the crow family, with shiny black feathers |
croak | |
v. utter a hoarse sound, like a raven |
fulfill | |
v. put in effect |
kid | |
n. a young goat |
devour | |
v. eat greedily v. destroy completely |
wretch | |
n. a person who experiences something unpleasant |
bleat | |
v. produce the sound made by a sheep or goat |
lump | |
v. group or chunk together in a certain order |
spindle | |
n. a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or on which something revolves |
harshly | |
ad. in an unkind or severe way |
distress | |
n. a feeling of extreme worry, sadness, or pain |
meadow | |
n. a field with grass and often wild flowers in it |
cinder | |
n. a small piece of partly burned coal or wood |
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