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The Dark is Rising Vocabulary Chp. 1-4
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8th Grade
12/10/2013

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Clamorous

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"There were no flurries or sudden movement, and only this clamorous interweaving throng of rooks."

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Making a loud and confused noise

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Raucous

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"The tall spinney of horse-chestnut trees, raucous with the calling of the rooks and rubbish-roofed with the clutter of their sprawling nests, was one of their familiar places."

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Harsh; strident; grating

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Reverent

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"Will reached out and laid a reverent hand on its neck."

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Feeling or showing respect, mixed with wonder, awe, and love

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Jut(ted)

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"The branching tops of small trees and bushes jutted snow-laden from the mounding drifts, like white antlers from white rounded heads."

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The extend beyond the main body or line, project; protrude

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Vanquish(ing)

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"If you accomplish that, you will have brought to life one of the three great forces that the Old Ones must turn soon towards vanquishing the Dark..."

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To subdue or conquer by superior force, as in battle

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Peril

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"And this is only the beginning of the peril, Will."

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Something that causes or may cause injury, loss, or destruction

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Inscrutable

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"With the white hair hidden he was a dark figure suddenly, tall and inscrutable."

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Incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable

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Lowering

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"Up against the lowering grey clouds, to black rooks were flapping slowly over the farm in a wide circle."

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Dark and threatening, as the sky, clouds, or weather; overacast; gloomy

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Ominous

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"And the cawing behind them died to an ominous murmur."

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Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

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Strident

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"The great hall was filled suddenly with a hideous mixture of moaning and mumbling and strident wailing."

Definition
Making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking
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