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Crispin Vocab
FBA
20
Literature
7th Grade
10/20/2009

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Entombed
Definition
Totally surrounded
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Hurtling
Definition
To rush voilently
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Meandered
Definition

To wander on a journey;

winding

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Fallow
Definition
Plowed land that is idle
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Lamenting
Definition
To express sorrow
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Rueful
Definition
Causing sorrow or pity
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Canonical hours
Definition
A part of the day set aside for prayers
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Serf
Definition
A person who works on someone elses land for protection
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Tonsure
Definition
The act of cutting the hair or shaving the head
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Consume
Definition
to eat in large quantities
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Reverence
Definition
a feeling of profound awe and respect; honor
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Buffeting
Definition
hitting or beating repeatedly
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Scabrous
Definition
rough; knotty and jaggged
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Beguiled
Definition

Amused, charmed, or delighted; filled with wonder and delight;

to be led by deception

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Lofty
Definition
Arrogant and haughty
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Raucously
Definition
rough sounding; harsh
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Vexed
Definition

to shake or toss about;

to be troubled or irritated

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Albeit
Definition
conceding to the fact
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Breach
Definition

an infraction or violation of the law

 

a gap made by battering in a wall, etc.

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Disconsolate
Definition
rejected;  downcast
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