Term
Writhe (writhing)
(1) “Up the length of the street they came shouting, and never knew they had run right through the village, as the empty huts and houses loomed and disappeared again in the writhing fog.” (pg 22.)
(2) “One Karg fell writhing with a spear, still warm from its forging, right through his body.” (pg 21.
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To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment; to move with a twisting or contorting motion. |
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Wraith
“One group of Kargs chased the wraiths straight to the High Fall, the cliff’s edge above the springs of Ar, and the shapes they pursued ran out on to the air and the re vanished in thinning mist…” (pg. 22)
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| An apparation of a living person that appears as a portent just before that person's death; something shadowy and insubstantial. |
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Bail
“When they did not row they bailed, for the seas broke heavy on the ship.” (pg 42).
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| To remove water from a boat by repeatedly filling a container and emptying it over the side; a container used for emptying water from a boat. |
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Peril
“Not for his passenger’s sake, but to save his ship for the peril of the storm, the master shouted at once to the steers-man to head westward toward the light.” (pg 43.)
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| Imminent danger; exposure to the risk of harm or loss. |
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Vast
“… and for an instant seemed to behold himself standing in a strange and vast desert place alone among shadows.” (pg. 48)
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| Very great in size, number, amount, or quantity. |
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Scoff
“... that this fellow was scoffing at him with his ‘service’ and his ‘Sir’ and his bowing and scraping.” (pg 49)
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| To mock at or treat with derision; to show or express derision or scorn. |
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Disdain(ful)
“Presently, trying to show himself an equal of this polite disdainful youth, he added, “I suppose you weren’t, when you first came.”” (pg 50)
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| To regard or treat with haughty contempt; despise; to consider or reject as beneath oneself. |
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Fathomless
“He saw that in this dusty and fathomless matter of learning the true name of each place, thing, and being, the power he wanted lay like a jewel at the bottom of a dry well.” (pg 59)
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| Too obscure or complicated to be understood. |
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Shrill
“... the drums silent and only the flutes playing soft and shrill.” (pg 68)
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| High-pitched and piercing in tone or sound. |
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Frolic
“They were all eating and laughing and playing such tricks out of pure frolic as might be the marvel of a king’s court.” (pg 69)
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| Gaiety; merriment; fun; a playful antic. |
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