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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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