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| troupe | a group of traveling performers to travel as or perform in a group of actors |
| doff | 1. to take off or lift and tilt one’s hat as a greeting or a mark of respect 2. to take off a coat or another article of clothing |
| brawney | 1. strong and muscular 2. having calloused skin |
| frock | 1. a dress 2. a loose, baggy outer garment with sleeves, worn by artists and farm workers; a smock 3. a loose, full-length gown with wide sleeves worn by monks, friars, or clerics of some religious orders to induct someone as a member of the Christian clergy |
| writhe | 1. to make violent twisting and squirming body movements, especially when in severe pain 2. to feel a strong emotion, esp. embarrassment or shame, and experience internal stress as a result of it |
| gaunt | extremely thin and bony |
| adversary | someone on the opposite side in a conflict, contest, or debate |
| emerge | 1. to come out or into view; to appear 2. to become known or apparent 3. to survive a difficult situation or experience |
| regal | characteristic of or suitable for a king or a queen, esp. In grandeur or magnificence; royal |
| episode | 1. a significant incident 2. part of a serialized story or program that is published or broadcast separately 3.an occurrence of a particular illness |
| harass | to keep annoying, attacking or bothering someone |
| solar | 1. from the Sun 2. using the Sun’s radiation as a source of energy |
| sequence | 1. a number of things, actions, or events arranged or happening in a specific order or having a specific connection 2. the order in which things are arranged, actions are carried out, or events happen (Applications found in music, cards, mathematics, biology) to put or do things in order |
| engulf | 1. to surround, cover over and swallow up something 2. to overwhelm with a great amount or number of something |
| wary | 1. cautious, watchful 2. suspicious |
| clique | a close knit group of friends or coworkers whom outsiders regard as excluding them |
| recede | 1. to go back or down from a point or level 2. to to become more distant or unlikely 3. to slope backward 4. to go bald 5. to become less in value or quality |
| tattered | ragged or torn to shreds; shabby |
| apparel | 1. clothing 2. a ship’s gear and equipment |
| retreat | 1. to move away from danger or a confrontation 2. to withdraw from position 3.to move a chess piece back 1. movement back 2. troop withdrawal 3. a period of time devoted to rest and quiet contemplation, or prayer and meditation, often in a secluded place 4. a quiet, secluded place where people go for rest and privacy |
| chronic | 1. describes an illness or medical condition that lasts a long time and sometimes causes a long-term change in the body 2. always present or recurring 3. repeatedly doing something or behaving compulsively |
| plague | 1. a disease that spreads rapidly, killing many people; an epidemic 2. a sudden appearance or outbreak o something unpleasant in very large numbers or with unusual frequency 3.something or someone very troublesome 1. to cause someone severe and lasting distress or difficulty 2. to persistently harass or annoy somebody |
| seethe | 1. to be extremely angry; to boil 2. to be in the midst of crowds of people moving in many directions |
| lunar | 1. relating to a moon or its movement around a planet 2.for use in space travel to or on the Moon 3. in the shape of a crescent moon 4. pale and cold-looking, as the Moon is compared to the Sun |
| crony | a close friend of many years |
