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| chartreuse | adj. a light, yellowish green |
| conclude | (v.) to finish or end |
| conclude | (v.) to decide after careful thought |
| conclude | (v.) infer; decide something based on what is in a reading passage |
| minstrel | (n.) A traveling singer or musician in the Middle Ages, especially one who sang or recited poetry. |
| minstrel | (n.) street musician |
| bankrupt | (adj.) unable to pay outstanding debts |
| bankrupt | (v.) to ruin someone financially |
| doldrums | (n.) a period of feeling sad, in low spirits, stuck and sluggish |
| parchment | (n.) a paper-like writing material made from treated skins of animals, such as goats and sheep |
| parchment | (n.) a creamy or yellowish paper that allows light to pass through-- used for lamps, special documents, artwork, or baking |
| simplest | (adj.) lowest form of a fraction. |
| simplest | (adj.) most easily understood |
| spectrum | (n.) colored band of light--roy g biv--produced when a beam of light passes through a prism |
| spectrum | (n.) a wide range or sequence of anything, for example, the "full _____ from A to Z" |
| poet | (n.) a writer who expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (sometimes rhyming) |
| triumph | (n.) an outstanding or very satisfying success; victory after a struggle |
| implore | (v.) to beg or plead for assistance or for someone to do something |
| caldron | (n.) a huge (iron) cooking pot, usually hung over a fire |
| lustrous | (adj.) glowing, gleaming, intensely bright; reflecting light |
| lustrous | (adj.) having a bright personality or character |
| spinster | (n.) a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying |
| turnpike | (n.) private road built by entrepreneurs who charged a toll, or fee, to travelers who used it. |
| dawdle | (v.) to waste time; to be idle; to move slowly; to spend more time in doing something than is necessary |
| merchant | (n.) person who buys and sells goods to make a living |
| merchant | (adj.) relating to trade and sales |
| cruel | (adj.) extremely unkind; willfully causing people or animals pain or suffering |
| ruin | (v.) to destroy |
| ruin | (n.) the downfall, decay, or destruction of someone or something; the remains of a building |
| imply | (v.) to hint or suggest something without expressing it outright or directly. |
| hindsight | (n.) understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed |
| chaos | (n.) a condition or place of great disorder or confusion |
| tollbooth | (n.) a booth where drivers must pay a fee to use a bridge or road |
| complex | (adj.) complicated |
| riot | (n.) a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd |
| gentry | (n. ) class of powerful, well-to-do people who enjoy a high social status |
| trial | (n.) a formal examination of evidence before a judge and/or a jury, in order to decide guilt in a criminal case |
| create | (v.) to bring (something) into being |
| tendril | (n.) a curl or ringlet of hair or a slender threadlike part of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form |
| monstrous | (adj.) having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster |
| fuel | (n.) material such as coal, gas, or oil that is burned to produce heat or power |
| mischief | (n.) playful misbehavior or troublemaking, esp. in children, that is meant to tease or mock |
| duet | (n.) a performance by two people, esp. singers, musicians, or dancers |
| overwrought | (adj.) in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety |
| express | (v.) to communicate (a thought or feeling) in words or by gestures and behavior |
| complex | (adj.) made up of many interrelated parts |
| complex | (n.) a group of similar buildings or facilities on the same site, as an apartment __________ |
| riot | (n.) an impressively large or varied display of something, such as a "_______ of color" |
| riot | (v.) to take part in a violent public disturbance |
| trial | (n.) a test of the performance or qualities of someone or something, such as an endurance ________ |
| trial | (v.) to test something's suitability or performance; to compete in a (horse or dog) competition |
| create | (v.) to cause (something) to happen as a result of one's actions |
| monstrous | (adj.) inhumanly or outrageously evil or wrong |
| monstrous | (adj.) extremely huge |
| fuel | (v.) to cause to burn more intensely or to provide power (for a factory, etc.) |
| duet | (v.) to perform as a two-some |
| overwrought | (adj.) too elaborate or complicated in design or construction |
| express | (v.) (math) to represent (a number) by a figure, symbol, or formula |
| express | (v.) to squeeze out liquid or air from something |
| triumph | (v.) to win or be successful over |
| athlete | (n.) a person who is good at sports and other physical exercise |
| bashful | (adj.) shy |
| withhold | (v.) to hold back an emotion, affection or reaction |
| withhold | (v.) to refuse to give something that is owed to or wanted by another |
| landscape | (n.) all the visible features of an area of countryside, i.e. flat, hilly, etc. |
| landscape | (n.) a print setting that is wider than it is tall |
| landscape | (v.) to improve the look of (a piece of land) by changing its shape or by planting trees and shrubs |
| swordsman | (n.) a person who fights with a weapon that is somewhat like a knife: "an expert ______" |
| munchkin | (n.) a child or little person |
| ringlet | (n.) a lock of hair hanging in a corkscrew-shaped curl |
| halfway | (adj. or adv.) in the middle of a place or time; to some degree or extent |
| transplant | (v.) to move or transfer (something) to another place or situation, typically with some effort--like to _______ a tree or a heart or to ____ because of your job. |
| transplant | (n.) an operation in which an organ or tissue is transferred; a person or plant that has been moved to a new place |
| wistful | (adj.) full of sad, regretful longing or unfulfilled desire |
| pumpkin | (n.) a large rounded orange-yellow fruit in the gourd family that has a thick rind, edible flesh, and many seeds |
