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Snarled |
say something in an angry, bad-tempered voice. "I'm incubating an egg" She snarled |
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Eon |
a unit of time equal to a billion years. because eons later, (pg68 |
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mound |
a rounded mass projecting above a surface. "Okay," he´d call in from the mound, "here she comes. pg.97 |
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pommel |
a rounded knob on the end of the handle of a sword, dagger, or old-fashioned gun. He would saddle upthat c, climb aboard and grip the pommel for dear life, pg.101 |
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Vowels |
a speech sound that is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction and is a unit of the sound system of a language that forms the nucleus of a syllable. Vowels were something else. pg.101 |
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Consonants |
a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable. Consonants, you knew pretty much where they stood, pg.101 |
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preposterous |
contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous. While he groused about so preposterous an idea, pg.105 |
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thronged |
(of a crowd) fill or be present in (a place or area). |
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Maniac |
a person exhibiting extreme symptoms of wild behavior, especially when violent and dangerous. |
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muffled |
(of a sound) not loud because of being obstructed in some way; muted. their footsteps muffledby the carpet of pine needles, pg.111 |
