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jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government  | |
hitherto   | |
ad. until now or until the point in time under discussion  | |
scuffle   | |
v. walk by dragging one's feet  | |
dreadful   | |
a. very unpleasant a. causing fear or dread or terror  | |
urchin   | |
n. poor and often mischievous city child  | |
cradle   | |
n. a baby bed with sides and rockers  | |
exquisite   | |
a. delicately beautiful a. lavishly elegant and refined  | |
pasteboard   | |
n. a type of thin board made by pasting together sheets of paper  | |
chirp   | |
v. utter a short, sharp, high-pitched sound  | |
sheer   | |
a. nothing other than  | |
vexation   | |
n. anger produced by some annoying irritation  | |
multitude   | |
n. the common people generally n. a large gathering of people  | |
thitherward   | |
ad. toward that place  | |
attune   | |
v. adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with  | |
stroll   | |
v. walk leisurely and with no apparent aim  | |
clump   | |
n. a compacted mass or lump of something  | |
acquaintance   | |
n. a person that you have met but do not know well  | |
at length   | |
ad. after a long time  | |
provision   | |
n. the act of providing something  | |
altar   | |
n. the table in Christian churches where communion is given  | |
yearning   | |
n. a strong feeling of wishing for something, especially something that you cannot have or get easily  | |
diligent   | |
a. characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks  | |
miser   | |
n. someone who has a strong wish to have money and hates to spend it  | |
dwarf   | |
n. a creature like a little man with magical powers  | |
grant   | |
v. give or allow someone something, usually in an official way  | |
fiddle   | |
n. a violin  | |
hay   | |
n. grass that is cut and dried and used as animal food  | |
sleeve   | |
n. the part of a piece of clothing that covers some or all of the arm  | |
suffocate   | |
v. (cause someone to) die because of not having enough oxygen  | |
bacon   | |
n. meat from the back or sides of a pig, often eaten fried in thin slices  | |
devour   | |
v. eat greedily v. destroy completely  | |
proclaim   | |
v. affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of v. declare formally; declare someone to be something  | |
betroth   | |
v. give to in marriage  | |
fret   | |
v. worry unnecessarily or excessively  | |
resemble   | |
v. appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to  | |
wondrous   | |
a. extremely and surprisingly good  | |
christen   | |
v. give a baby a name at a Christian ceremony and make him or her a member of the Christian Church  | |
pitcher   | |
n. a large, round container for liquids that has a flat base, a handle, and a very narrow raised opening  | |
raven   | |
n. the largest bird in the crow family, with shiny black feathers  | |
croak   | |
v. utter a hoarse sound, like a raven  | |
fulfill   | |
v. put in effect  | |
kid   | |
n. a young goat  | |
devour   | |
v. eat greedily v. destroy completely  | |
wretch   | |
n. a person who experiences something unpleasant  | |
bleat   | |
v. produce the sound made by a sheep or goat  | |
lump   | |
v. group or chunk together in a certain order  | |
spindle   | |
n. a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or on which something revolves  | |
harshly   | |
ad. in an unkind or severe way  | |
distress   | |
n. a feeling of extreme worry, sadness, or pain  | |
meadow   | |
n. a field with grass and often wild flowers in it  | |
cinder   | |
n. a small piece of partly burned coal or wood  | |
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