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The Dark is Rising Vocab ch. 1-4
The Dark is Rising Vocab ch. 1-4 by Madeline Neuman
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Literature
8th Grade
12/10/2013

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Glimmering

 

Example: And it is just as well, young Will, that you have only a glimmering of an idea of the gift that is in you, for until the first ordeals of learning are over, you will be in great danger.

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Definition: A faint glimpse or idea.

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Contemplation

 

Example: He shouted in fury, then recovered himself, and sat looking down in cold contemplation that was more terrible than rage. p. 25

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Definition: Full or deep consideration; reflection.

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______shire

ex. Cheshire, Yorkshire, Hampshire, etc.

 

Example: Will thought that if he were a fox he would have kept clear too; his mother might be married to a jeweller, but with generations of Buckinghamshire farmers behind her, she was no joke when the old instincts were roused. p. 5

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Definition: One of the counties of Great Britain.

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Ominous

 

Example: Togther they pushed the loaded cart down the road to the house, and the cawing behind them died to an ominous murmur, like thw swollen Thames in spring. p. 11

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Definiton: Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatning; inauspicious

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Din

 

Example: In the midst of all the din and the flurry, he had suddenly had a feeling stronger than any he had every known: he had been aware that someone was trying to tell him something, something that had missed him because he could not understand the words. p. 11

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Definition: A loud, confused noise.

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Irresolute

 

Example: In the doorway, paused irresolute with one hand on the ricketty door, stood the sahambling old tramp of the day before. p. 29

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Definition: Not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating.

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Strident

 

Example: Whild the old lady sat motionless in her chair, and he and Merriman stoood again beside the hearth, the great hall was fuilled suddenly with a hideous mixture of moaning and mumbling and strident wailing, like the caged voices of an evil zoo. p. 45

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Definition: Making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking.

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Dell

 

Example: "Yet before the winter is three-quarters done," Merriman said, "you will be creeping into this dell to look at the snow drops that grow everywhere between the trees." p. 53

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Definiton: A small, usually wooded valley; vale.

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Peril

 

Example: "We are besieged, as you see," Merriman said, coming forward to join them.  "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." p. 47

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Definiton: Expose to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeoprady; danger.

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Copse

 

Example: He stood on a snow-mounted hill, with a copse of tall trees capping it far beyond, and two black birds drifting tiny to and fro above the trees. p. 32

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Definition: A thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.

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