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| hearth | the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, ect., often extending a short distance into a room |
| dredge | to dig, gather, or pull out with; a machine for removing earth, usually by buckets on a continuous chain or by a suction tube |
| hewn | to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; to sever a part from a whole by means of cutting blows |
| purchase | to aquire by monetary exchange, effort, sacrifice, flattery, ect. |
| cultivate | to prepare and work on land in order to raise crops; to develop or improve by education or training |
| buoyant | tending to float in a fluid; capable of keeping a body afloat |
| rout | a disasterous defeat; to drive out by force |
| excavate | to hollow out; to make by removing material |
| leaden | inertly heavy like lead; dull, spiritless, or gloomy in mood or thought |
| dregs | the sedement of liquids; the least valuable part of anything |
| scrimp | to be sparing or frugal; to limit severely |
| lavish | spanding or giving more than necessary; extravagant; using or giving in great amounts |
| chasm | a deep split or gap in the earth; a brach or wide fissure in a wall or other structure |
| haggle | to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner; bargain over the price of something |
| resist | to withstand, strive against or oppose; to refrain or abstain from something with difficulty or reluctance |
| downfall | decent to a lower position or standing; something causing ruin, failure, ect. |
| nurture | to feed and protect; support and encorage; to help grow or develop |
| frugal | careful in spending or using resources; prudently saving or sparing |
| glaze | a smooth glossy surface or coating; to become shiny in appearance |
| splurge | an instance of spending more than usual; to indulge oneself or spend lavishly |
| aloft | high up, far above the ground; in the air especially in flight |
| vessel | a hollow untensil for holding something; a cup, ship or boat, vein, ect. |
| dote | to show excessive fondness or love; to show a decline of mental faculties |
| brusque | abrupt and curt in manner; discourteously blunt |
| dwelling | a building or place of shelter to live in; to linger over, emphasize, or ponder in thought, speech, or writing |
