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| ledge | n. 1) A shelf like projection on a wall or a cliff. 2) A reef. |
| thwart | V. 1) To block or hinder; frustrate. n. 2) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit. |
| wayward | Adj. 1) Disobedient, willful. 2) Capricious. |
| promontory | n. 1) A high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water. |
| squelch | V. 1) To crush as if by trampling; to squash. 2) To silence, or to put down, as with a crushing retort. (Define) 3) To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound. |
| competent | Adj. 1) Properly or well qualified. 2) Adequate for the purpose. 3) Legally qualified to perform an act. |
| swarm | n. 1) A large number of insects or other small organisms, especially when in motion. 2) A multitude, or throng of something. V. 3) To move or gather in large numbers, like bees. 4) To be overrun by; to teem. |
| mull | V. 1) To heat and spice (like cider or wine.) 2) To ponder or ruminate over (like a plan.) Define ruminate. |
| plumb | n. 1) A weight on the end of a line, used to determine the depth of water. 2) A device used to establish the “true vertical” of something. Adv. 3. Straight up and down. Exactly vertical. |
| clutch | V. 1) To grasp, (or attempt to), and hold tightly. 2) To work a clutch on a car or truck. n. 3) A hand, claw, talon or paw in the act of grasping. 4) A tense or critical situation. 5) A set of eggs produced at one time; a brood of chickens. 6) A cluster. |
| poach | V. 1) To cook in a simmering liquid. 2) To trespass on another’s property in order to take fish or game. (Define) 3) To take (fish or game) illegally. |
| taut | Adj. 1) Tight; not slack. 2) Strained; not tense. 3) Trim and tidy. |
| pendant/pendent | Adj 1. hanging down or overhanging 2.undecided; pending: / n. 1. a piece of jewelry that hangs from a chain orn around the neck. 2. an artistic, literary, or musical composition intended to match or complement another: |
| snare | N. 1. a trap for catching birds or animals, typically one having a noose of wire or cord. 2. a length of wire, gut, or hide stretched across a drumhead to produce a rattling sound. 3. a wire loop for severing polyps or other growths. V. 1. catch (a bird or mammal) in a snare. |
| wizened | adj. 1. shriveled or wrinkled with age: |
| moat | n. 1. a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack. V. 1. surround (a place) with a moat: |
| swill | V. 1. drink (something) greedily or in large quantities: n. 1. kitchen refuse and scraps of waste food mixed with water for feeding to pigs. 2. a large mouthful of a drink: |
| withered | V. 1. of a plant) become dry and shriveled: (of a person, limb, or the skin) become shrunken or wrinkled from age or disease: cease to flourish; fall into decay or decline: 2. cause harm or damage to: |
| lobe | n. 1. a roundish and flattish part of something, typically each of two or more such parts divided by a fissure, and often projecting or hanging; each of the parts of the cerebrum of the brain |
| thrust | V. 1. push (something or someone) suddenly or violently in the specified direction 2. (of a person) move or advance forcibly: 3. (of a thing) extend so as to project conspicuously: 4. force (someone) to accept or deal with something: N. 1. a sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part 2. a forceful attack or effort: 3. the principal purpose or theme of a course of action or line of reasoning: 4. the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine 5. a reverse fault of low angle, with older strata displaced horizontally over younger |
| incoherent | Adj. 1. (of spoken or written language) expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear: 2. (of a person) unable to speak intelligibly: 3. (of an ideology, policy, or system) internally inconsistent; illogical: 4. (of waves) having no definite or stable phase relationship |
| crone | n. 1. an old woman who is thin and ugly. |
| gorge | n. a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it. 2. the throat 3. the neck of a bastion or other outwork; the rear entrance to a fortification. 4. a mass of ice obstructing a narrow passage, especially a river. V. 1. eat a large amount greedily; fill oneself with food |
| upright | Adj. 1. vertical; erect: 2. (of a person or their behavior) strictly honorable or honest: adv. 1. in or into a vertical position: n. 1. a post or rod fixed vertically, especially as a structural support: 2. an upright piano |
| tension | n. 1. the state of being stretched tight: 2. the state of having the muscles stretched tight, especially as causing strain or discomfort: 3. mental or emotional strain: 4. a strained political or social state or relationship: v. 1. apply a force to (something) that tends to stretch it. |
