Novel Vocab

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dismal

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D: Depressing; Dreary

E:It was a very dubious-looking, nay, a very dark and dismal night, bitingly cold and cheerless.

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Commenced

Back 2

D: to begin; start

E: Fred knew he'd overstepped his bounds and commenced to make amends.

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victuals

Back 3

D:food supplies; provisions

E: "Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury."

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Ransom

Back 4

D:The sum or price paid or demanded to redeem from captivity, bondage, detention, by paying a demand price

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Enchantment

Back 5

D:the art, act, or an instance of magical influence

E:There he wrote the best known of all his verses, the pathetic Jeune captive, a poem at once of enchantment and of despair.

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Raspy

Back 6

D:harsh;grating

E:His voice came out in a raspy whisper.

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counterfeit

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D:Made in imitation so as to be passes off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine

E:This instrument was devised for the purpose of detecting counterfeit coin, especially guineas and half-guineas.

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temperance

Back 8

D: moderation or self-restraint in action,statement, etc; self-control

E:A frame naturally slight had been further attenuated by rigorous habits of temperance, and thus rendered proof against the diseases of the tropics.

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abolish

Back 9

D:to do away with

E:He wished to control, not to abolish them.

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hail

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D: to call out to in order to greet, stop, attract attention.

E:If my mother knew, she'd drop to her knees and say a million Hail Mary's in thanks!