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| poultice | a piece of cloth covered with a thick, often warm substance, which is wrapped around an injury to reduce pain or swelling |
| pungent | describes a very strong smell or taste, sometimes one that is unpleasantly strong |
| coursed | to flow quickly or in large amounts |
| caressed | touched or kissed someone in a gentle and loving way |
| piety | believing in religion, and living in a way which shows this belief |
| deftly | skillfully |
| satchel | a rectangular leather bag with a long strap, used especially in the past by children for carrying books to school |
| buffet | to hit something repeatedly and with great force |
| shrine | a place for worship which is holy because of a connection with a holy person or object |
| bustling | to do things in a hurried and busy way |
| forbidding | unfriendly and likely to be unpleasant or harmful |
| barge | a long boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying heavy loads on rivers or canals |
| plaintive | having a sad quality |
| disoriented | to make (someone) confused about where they are and where they are going |
| endured | to experience and bear (something painful or unpleasant), esp. for a long time |
| conch | a large spiral shell, or the tropical snail-like sea animal which lives in it |
| etch | to cut a pattern, picture, etc. into a smooth surface, especially on metal or glass, using acid or sometimes |
| jostling | to knock or push |
| ceaseless | continuous |
| surging | to move quickly and powerfully |
| subsiding | becoming less strong or extreme |
| seething | to feel very angry but to be unable or unwilling to express it clearly |
