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mage (chapter one)
....serve the Lords of the Archipelago in their cities as wizard or mage, or, looking for adventure, to wander working magic from isle to isle to all of Earthsea.
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| A magician, sorcerer or wizard. |
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waver(ing)(chapter one)
A wall of wavering, writhing grey lay blank across the path, hiding all that lay behind it.
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| shake with a quivering, snake-like motion |
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wraith (chapter one)
...and yet always there were wraiths and ghost-shapes among them, and other shapes than ran...
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| a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death. |
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alcove (chapter two)
There was a kind of alcove in the west wall of the room, where Ged slept.
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| a small room opening out into a larger room |
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rote (chapter two)
for without it no mere rote-learning of charms and spells will give a man true mastery.
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| by memory without thought of the meaning |
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pallet (chapter two)
Over his pallet was a window that looked out onto the sea.
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| a straw mattress; a crude or makeshift bed. |
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vast (chapter three)
...for an instant seemed to behold himself standing in a strange vast desert place alone among shadows.
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| The immense expanse of space, very great in size or amount. |
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jasper (chapter three)
'I am called Jasper, Enwit's son of the Domain of Eolg on Havnor Isle.'
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| An opaque variety of quartz that may be red, yellow, or brown. |
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shrill (chapter four)
...the flutes playing soft and shrill.
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| to produce a sharp, high-pitched tone or sound. |
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intervene
He tried to intervene again, but Jasper said, 'Come, keep out of this, Vetch'.
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| To involve oneself in a situation so as to alter or hinder an action or development |
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