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Pike: (road) or toll road, a course in which fees are collected. Sometimes a historical name of what once was a toll road.
Peat: or turf, is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world. By volume, there are about 4 trillion m³ of peat in the world covering a total of around 2% of global land area (about 3 million km²), containing about 8 billion terajoules of energy.[1]
Precipice: cliff
Beadle: sometimes spelled "bedel," is a lay official of a church or synagogue who may usher, keep order, make reports, and assist in religious functions; or a minor official who carries out various civil, educational, or ceremonial duties
Granite: (pronounced /ˈɡrænɨt/) is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granites usually have a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals (phenocrysts) are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic texture is sometimes known as a porphyry. Granites can be pink to gray in color, depending on their chemistry and mineralogy. By definition, granite is an igneous rock with at least 20% quartz by volume. Granite differs from granodiorite in that at least 35% of the feldspar in granite is alkali feldspar as opposed to plagioclase; it is the alkali feldspar that gives many granites a distinctive pink color. Outcrops of granite tend to form tors and rounded massifs. Granites sometimes occur in circulardepressions surrounded by a range of hills, formed by the metamorphic aureole or hornfels. Granite is usually found in the continental plates of the Earth's crust.
Inheritance: is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, and obligations upon the death of an individual. It has long played an important role in human societies. The rules of inheritance differ between societies and have changed over time.
A livery: (pronounced /ˈlɪvᵊri/) is a uniform—or other insignia or symbol—adorning, in a non-military context, a person or an object or a vehicle in order to denote a relationship between the wearer of the livery and an individual or corporate body. Often, elements of the heraldry relating to the individual or corporate body feature in the livery. Alternatively, some kind of a personal emblem or badge, or a distinctive colour, is featured.
A rampart: is a type of defensive wall
Shied: Past tense and past participle of shy
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en·vy
n. pl. en·vies
1.
a. A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction with desire for the possessions or qualities of another.
b. The object of such feeling: Their new pool made them the envy of their neighbors.
2. Obsolete Malevolence.
tr.v. en·vied, en·vy·ing, en·vies
1. To feel envy toward.
2. To regard with envy.
de·fy
tr.v. de·fied, de·fy·ing, de·fies
1.
a. To oppose or resist with boldness and assurance: defied the blockade by sailing straight through it.
b. To refuse to submit to or cooperate with: defied the court order by leaving the country.
2. To be unaffected by; resist or withstand: "So the plague defied all medicines" (Daniel Defoe).
3. To challenge or dare (someone) to do something: She defied her accusers to prove their charges.
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions
Flogging a punishment in which someone is beaten severely with a whip or a stick
Cant´er Pronunciation: kăn´tẽr
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Mut´ton
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Moor
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Tarn
Lit´ter Pronunciation: lĭt´tẽrd
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Skew´er
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In´so`lent
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Mag´is`trate
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De`spair´
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Dis`con`tent´ Pronunciation: dĭs`kǒn`tĕnt´
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Adj. | 1. |
Pronunciation: pạld
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Char´i`ty
n. | 1. | |
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Doub´let
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Noun | 1. | troupe - organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel" |
Thim´ble`ful
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Brack´en
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Vag´a`bond
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–noun
a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, especially as aseat for a woman.
2.
3.
a passenger's saddle or seat behind the driver's seat on amotorcycle.
Pauper
–noun
1.
a person without any means of support, especially adestitute person who depends on aid from public welfarefunds or charity.
2.
a very poor person.
Cobbles
–noun
1.
a cobblestone.
2.
cobbles, coal in lumps larger than a pebble and smaller than aboulder.
3.
Metalworking .
a.
a defect in a rolled piece resulting from loss of controlover its movement.
b.
Slang . a piece showing bad workmanship.
–verb (used with object)
4.
to pave with cobblestones.
Foul
–adjective
1.
2.
3.
filthy or dirty, as places, receptacles, clothes, etc.
4.
muddy, as a road.
5.
clogged or obstructed with foreign matter: a foul gas jet.
6.
7.
contrary, violent, or unfavorable, as the wind.
8.
grossly offensive in a moral sense.
9.
10.
scurrilous, profane, or obscene; offensive: foul language.
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12.
Baseball . pertaining to a foul ball or a foul line.
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14.
abounding in errors or in marks of correction, as a printer'sproof, manuscript, or the like.
15.
Nautical .
a.
(of the underwater portion of a hull) encrusted andimpeded with barnacles, seaweed, etc.
b.
(of a mooring place) involving inconveniences anddangers, as of colliding with vessels or other objectswhen swinging with the tide.
c.
16.
North England and Scot. . not fair; ugly or unattractive.
17.
Obsolete . disfigured.
–adverb
18.
in a foul manner; vilely; unfairly.
19.
Baseball . into foul territory; so as to be foul: It looked like ahomer when he hit it, but it went foul.
–noun
20.
something that is foul.
21.
a collision or entanglement: a foul between two racing sculls.
22.
a violation of the rules of a sport or game: The referee calledit a foul.
23.
–verb (used with object)
24.
to make foul; defile; soil.
25.
to clog or obstruct, as a chimney or the bore of a gun.
26.
to collide with.
27.
to cause to become entangled or caught, as a rope.
28.
to defile; dishonor; disgrace: His reputation had been fouledby unfounded accusations.
29.
Nautical . (of barnacles, seaweed, etc.) to cling to (a hull) soas to encumber.
30.
Baseball . to hit (a pitched ball) foul (often followed by off oraway ): He fouled off two curves before being struck out ona fastball.
–verb (used without object)
31.
to become foul.
32.
Nautical . to come into collision, as two boats.
33.
to become entangled or clogged: The rope fouled.
34.
35.
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36.
foul out,
a.
Baseball . to be put out by hitting a foul ball caught onthe fly by a player on the opposing team.
b.
37.
foul up, Informal . to cause confusion or disorder; bungle;spoil.
—Idioms
38.
fall foul 
/ afoul of,
/ afoul of,a.
to collide with, as ships.
b.
c.
to make an attack; assault.
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run foul / afoul of, to come into collision or controversy with:to run foul of the press.
/ afoul of, to come into collision or controversy with:to run foul of the press.Mercy
–noun, plural -cies for 4, 5.
1.
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward anoffender, an enemy, or other person in one's power;compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poorsinner.
2.
the disposition to be compassionate or forbearing: anadversary wholly without mercy.
3.
the discretionary power of a judge to pardon someone or tomitigate punishment, especially to send to prison rather thaninvoke the death penalty.
4.
an act of kindness, compassion, or favor: She has performedcountless small mercies for her friends and neighbors.
5.
something that gives evidence of divine favor; blessing: Itwas just a mercy we had our seat belts on when ithappened.
Stammered
–verb (used without object)
1.
to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or withspasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.
–verb (used with object)
2.
to say with a stammer (often followed by out ).
–noun
3.
4.
a stammered utterance.
Dabbed
–verb (used with object)
1.
to pat or tap gently, as with something soft or moist: Thechild dabbed his eyes with the handkerchief.
2.
to apply (a substance) by light strokes: He dabbed theointment on the rash.
3.
to strike, especially lightly, as with the hand.
4.
Masonry . to dress (stonework) with a pointed tool.
5.
Western U.S. to throw (a rope or line) in an effort to lasso orcatch something: Joe dabbed his rope on the steer.
–verb (used without object)
6.
to strike lightly; make a dab; pat: She dabbed at the stain onher dress.
–noun
7.
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or somethingsoft.
8.
9.
a small quantity: a dab of powder.
Daft
–adjective, -er, -est.
1.
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
2.
insane; crazy.
3.
Scot. merry; playful; frolicsome.
Malignant
–adjective
1.
disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately;feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
2.
very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect.
3.
Pathology .
a.
tending to produce death, as bubonic plague.
b.
(of a tumor) characterized by uncontrolled growth;cancerous, invasive, or metastatic.
Scorn
–noun
1.
2.
an object of derision or contempt.
3.
a derisive or contemptuous action or speech.
–verb (used with object)
4.
to treat or regard with contempt or disdain: They scornedthe old beggar.
5.
to reject, refuse, or ignore with contempt or disdain: Shescorned my help.
–verb (used without object)
6.
to mock; jeer.
Miscellaneous
–adjective
1.
consisting of members or elements
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1. estate: a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it: to have an estate in the country.
3. Eclipsed: the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse).
4. Heather : any of various heaths, especially Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having small, pinkish-purple flowers.
6. Flattered : to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
7. Bumpkin : an awkward simple rustic person (est. in the phrase country bumpkin )
8. Console : a small cabinet standing on the floor and having doors.
9. Ransacked : to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
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3. Precariously : dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
4. Scaffold: a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
5. Interposed : to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
6. Tranquil : free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm: a tranquil country place.
8. Sculled : an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
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2. Embrace : to take or receive gladly or eagerly; accept willingly: to embrace an idea.
3. Farthing : a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
4. Crestfallen ; dejected; dispirited; discouraged.
5. Manuscript : handwritten or typed, not professionally printed.
6. Deposition : the state of being deposited or precipitated: deposition of soil at the mouth of a river.
8. Tumult : violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar: The tumult reached its height during the premier's speech.
10. Methodically : performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
11. Starched : a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5 ) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
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1. Ferret : a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
2. Scotch : to put a definite end to; crush; stamp out; foil: to scotch a rumor; to scotch a plan.
3. Vouch : to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually followed by for ): Her record in office vouches for her integrity.
5. Tapestry : a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
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1. Wisp : a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.
3. Prophesied : to foretell or predict.
4. Confirmation: something that confirms, as a corroborative statement or piece of evidence: His birth certificate served as confirmation of his citizenship.
5. Abrupt : sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
6. Muddle : to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
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9. Fellside – The side of a fell or hill
10. Deluded – 1. Lead into false belief
11. Taut – 1. Stretched tightly 2. Firm or flexed 3. Stressed 4. Concise 5. Kept in good order
12. Conspiracy – 1. To plan to commit illegal act together
13. Disgruntled – To irritate or dissatisfy somebody
14. Underscored – 1. To give emphasis or extra force to something
15. Bodice – 1. The upper part of a dress
16. Hindered - To get in the way of a development
17. Haven – A sheltered place
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20. Smarted – To be witty or joking
21. Hovel – A small dirty or poorly built shack
22. Pewter – 1. A tin and lead alloy 2. Dark greyish colour
23. Sycamore – A type of maple tree
24. Sham – A fake or impostor that is not genuine
25. Tethered - A rope or chain attached to something, restricting it’s movement
26. Hearth – The floor of a fireplace, when it extends into the room
27. Squeamish – Easily made to feel sick or easily shocked by things
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31. Squall – A brief sudden violent windstorm.
32. Cavalry – Horses or horsemen.
33. Trough – A long, narrow, generally shallow receptacle for holding water or feed for animals.
34. Consolation – A person or thing that is a source of comfort in a time of suffering.
35. Confederates – One who assists in a plot.
36. Fetter – Something that serves to restrict, a restraint.
37. Anarchy – Absence of any form of political authority.
38. Toiled – To labor continuously; work strenuously.
39. Sodden – Thoroughly soaked.
40. Abyss – An immeasurably deep chasm.
41. Scree – Loose rocks or debris covering a slope.
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43. Bedraggled – Wet, limp, soiled, deteriorated.
44. Plying – To join together, joining together.
45. Ransacked – To search or examine thoroughly.
46. Incriminate – To accuse of a crime or other wrongful act.
47. Strenuous – Requiring great effort, energy, or exertion.
48. Nudged – To push against gently.
49. Bide – To be left; remain, to wait
50. Adversary – A person or group who is hostile to someone; enemy.
51. Rapiers – A long, slender, two-edged sword with a cuplike hilt.
52. Gesticulating – To make gestures especially while speaking, to emphasize.
53. Bung – A stopper, especially for a barrel, cask, or keg.
54. Adders – A snake, or one who adds.
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56. Besiegers – To surround with hostile forces.
57. Caldron – A large vessel used for boiling.
58. Dale – A valley.
59. Tyrant – An absolute rules who governs without restrictions.
60. Skittish – Moving quickly and lively.
61. Gelding – A castrated animal, especially a male horse.
62. Sentinel – One that keeps guard; a sentry.
63. Poise – A state of balance or equilibrium.
64. Trice – A very short period of time; an instant.
65. Ruse – An action intended to mislead; a trick.
66. Centaur – A race of monsters having the top portion of a human and the rest a horse.
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69. knoll- a small hill or mound
70. tattoo- an evening drum or bugle signal recalling soldiers to their quarters
71. cuirass- historical a piece of armor consisting of breastplate and backplate fastened together
72. halberd- historical a combined spear and battleaxe
73. reserve- retain or hold
74. placid- not easily upset or excited; calm
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76. amiably- friendly and pleasant in manner
77. ravenous- extremely hungry
78. gape- a wide opening
79. yarn- spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or sewing or informal a long or rambling story
80. veer- change direction suddenly
81. bogs- an area of soft, wet, muddy ground
82. chasms- a profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc.
83. spouse- a husband or wife
84. unkempt- having an untidy or disheveled appearance
85. inaudible- unable to be heard
86. colliery- a coal mine
87. mutton- the flesh of mature sheep used as food
88. morass- a complicated or confused situation
89. floundered- have trouble doing or understanding something
90. gamely- in a plucking manner
91. wrangle- a long and complicated dispute or argument
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93. dwindling-diminish gradually
94. furlong- an eighth of a mile, 220 yards
95. ramparts- a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway
96. visage- literary a person's facial features or expression
97. conjure- cause to appear as if by magic
98. hordes- chiefly derogatory a large group of people
99. ramshackle- in a state of severe disrepair
100. bolt- the sliding piece of the breech mechanism of a rifle
101. mime- the expression of action, character, or emotion by gesture alone, especially as a form of theatrical performance
102. custody- protective care or guardianship
103. appalled- greatly dismay or horrify
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105. tapestries- a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving colored weft threads or by embroidering on canvas
106. minstrel- a medieval singer or musician
107. hubbub- a chaotic din caused by a crowd
108. sconces- a candle holder attached to a wall with an ornamental bracket
109. attired- be dressed in clothes of a specified kind
110. ermine- the white winter fur of the stoat, used for trimming the ceremonial robes of judges or peers
111. skulking- hide or move around secretly, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive
112. salvo- a sudden vigorous series of aggressive statements or acts
113. stalwart- loyal, reliable, and hard-working
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115. spirited- full of energy, enthusiasm, and determination
116. tottered- move in an unsteady way
117. sovereign- a king or queen who is the supreme ruler of a country
118. dawdle- move slowly; take one's time
119. gallivanting- informal go from place to place seeking pleasure and entertainmen
120. cambric- a lightweight, closely woven white linen or cotton fabric
121. nursery- a room in a house for the special use of young children
122. tactlessly- having or showing a lack of tact
123. boon- a thing that is helpful or beneficial
124. shrew- a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman
125. prophet- an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God
