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| Knoll | A small hill or mound |
| Bustle | To move with an energetic or noisy manner: [With object] make (someone) move hurdley in a particular direction. |
| Synthetic | Of pertaining by involving synthesis. A type of gem. Substances or products made by a synthetic, chemicals, process |
| Facade | serving or tending to decorate. 2. Fine Arts. serving only to decorate, in contrast to providing a meaningful experience. |
| Saturate | 1. to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like. 2. to charge to the utmost, as with magnetism. 3. to soak, impregnate, or imbue thoroughly or completely: to saturate a sponge with water; a town saturated with charm. 4. to destroy (a target) completely with bombs and missiles. 5. to send so many planes over (a target area) that the defensive electronic tracking equipment becomes ineffective. 6. to furnish (a market) with goods to its full purchasing capacity. verb (used without object), saturated, saturating. 7. to become saturated. adjective 8. saturated. noun 9. a saturated fat or fatty acid. |
| Pristine | 1. having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied. 2. of or relating to the earliest period or state; primitive. |
| Convoy | 1. to accompany or escort, usually for protection: A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship. noun 2. the act of convoying. 3. the protection provided by an escort. 4. a ship, fleet, group of vehicles, etc., accompanied by a protecting escort. 5. an armed force, warship, etc., that escorts, especially for protection. 6. any group of military vehicles traveling together under the same orders. 7. Citizens Band Radio Slang. two or more CB-equipped vehicles traveling together. |
| Resound | 1. to echo or ring with sound, as a place. 2. to make an echoing sound, or sound loudly, as a metallic object: A gong resounded. 3. to ring or be echoed, as sounds. 4. to be celebrated or notably important: His name resounds in the pages of history. verb (used with object) 5. to reecho (a sound). 6. to give forth or utter loudly. 7. to proclaim loudly (praise, disapproval, etc.). |
| Listless | 1. having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake. |
| Cranny | 1. a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure: They searched every nook and cranny for the missing ring. 2. a small out-of-the-way place or obscure corner; nook. |
| Saunter | 1. to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods. noun 2. a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll. 3. a leisurely gait. |
| Muted | 1. of low intensity and reduced volume; softened: She spoke in muted tones. |
| Sentinel | 1. a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching. 2. a soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers and prevent a surprise attack: to stand sentinel. 3. Digital Technology. tag1(def 9a). verb (used with object), sentineled, sentineling or (especially British) sentinelled, sentinelling. 4. to watch over or guard as a sentinel. |
| Contaminate | 1. to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage. 2. to render harmful or unusable by adding radioactive material to: to contaminate a laboratory. noun 3. something that contaminates or carries contamination; contaminant. adjective 4. Obsolete. contaminated. |
| Turbulent | 1. being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed: turbulent feelings or emotions. 2. characterized by, or showing disturbance, disorder, etc.: the turbulent years. 3. given to acts of violence and aggression: the turbulent young soldiers. |
| Bower | 1. a leafy shelter or recess; arbor. 2. a rustic dwelling; cottage. 3. a lady's boudoir in a medieval castle. verb (used with object) 4. to enclose in or as in a bower; embower. |
| Dislodge | 1. to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot. 2. to drive out of a hiding place, a military position, etc. verb (used without object), dislodged, dislodging. 3. to go from a place of lodgment. |
| Craggy | 1. full of crags. 2. rugged; harsh; rough. |
| Veneer | 1. a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood. 2. any of the thin layers of wood glued together to form plywood. 3. Building Trades. a facing of a certain material applied to a different one or to a type of construction not ordinarily associated with it, as a facing of brick applied to a frame house. 4. a superficially valuable or pleasing appearance: a cruel person with a veneer of kindliness. verb (used with object) 5. to overlay or face (wood) with thin sheets of some material, as a fine wood, ivory, or tortoise shell. 6. to face or cover (an object) with any material that is more desirable as a surface material than the basic material of the object; revet. 7. to cement (layers of wood veneer) to form plywood. 8. to give a superficially valuable or pleasing appearance to. |
| Sylvan | 1. of, relating to, or inhabiting the woods. 2. consisting of or abounding in woods or trees; wooded; woody: a shady, sylvan glade. 3. made of trees, branches, boughs, etc. noun 4. a person dwelling in a woodland region. 5. a mythical deity or spirit of the woods. |
| Tainted | 1. a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful. 2. a trace of infection, contamination, or the like. 3. a trace of dishonor or discredit. 4. Obsolete. color; tint. verb (used with object) 5. to modify by or as if by a trace of something offensive or deleterious. 6. to infect, contaminate, corrupt, or spoil. 7. to sully or tarnish (a person's name, reputation, etc.). 8. Obsolete. to color or tint. verb (used without object) 9. to become tainted; spoil. |
| Restraint | 1. a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint. 2. Sometimes, restraints. a means of or device for restraining, as a harness for the body. 3. the act of restraining, holding back, controlling, or checking. 4. the state or fact of being restrained; deprivation of liberty; confinement. 5. constraint or reserve in feelings, behavior, etc. |
| Smolder | 1. to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion. 2. to exist or continue in a suppressed state or without outward demonstration: Hatred smoldered beneath a polite surface. 3. to display repressed feelings, as of indignation, anger, or the like: to smolder with rage. noun 4. dense smoke resulting from slow or suppressed combustion. 5. a smoldering fire. |
| Raucous | 1. harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter. 2. rowdy; disorderly: a raucous party. |
| Cavern | 1. harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter. 2. rowdy; disorderly: a raucous party. |
