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Lilt
It beckoned him, lilting and insistant.[image] |
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| a characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking; a pleasant gentle accent. |
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| showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain. |
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Cleft
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And in the gap cleft by the darkness there before them, while he blinked his dazzeled eyes,stood the two great carved wooden doors through which he had first come into the hall.
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| past participle of Cleave |
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Thrum
No sooner than he realized, he fealt giddy, and staggered, clutching his head, a stange rining sound begining to thum in his ears.[image] |
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| make a continuous rhythmic humming sound |
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Strident
STRIDENT
The great hall was suddenely filled with a hideos mixture of moaning and grumbling and strident wailing.[image]
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Peril
They hope to gain a hold over you while you are not yet grown into your full power. And this is only the beginning of the peril, Will.
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serious and immediate danger.
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Copse
He stood on a snow-mounded hill, with a copse of tall trees capping it far beyond, and two black birds drifting tiny to and fro above the trees.
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| A small group of trees or shrubs |
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Din
"The rooks are making an awful din today," said Jim.[image] |
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| Loud, unpleasant, prolonged noise |
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WIZENDED
He saw a large river in flood, beside and old wizened man on a horse.[image] |
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| shriveled or wrinkled with age |
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Straggling
With the straggling trees of the orchard still dark beyond;[image] |
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to fall behind or be seperated from another of it's kind |
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