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beginner, former, or first mover of anything; creator; originator; one who composes or writes book or composer  | |
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one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis  | |
esteemed   | |
a. held in great respect  | |
arrogance   | |
n. being unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than other people  | |
wretched   | |
a. unpleasant or of low quality  | |
piebald   | |
a. having a pattern of two different colours of hair, especially black and white:  | |
modest   | |
a. not usually talking about or making obvious your own abilities and achievements  | |
hearth   | |
n. an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)  | |
leapt   | |
v. (past simple and past participle of leap) jump or spring a long way  | |
whence   | |
ad. from what place, source, or cause  | |
sheer   | |
a. used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except  | |
broth   | |
n. a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock  | |
prey   | |
n. animal hunted or caught for food  | |
pail   | |
n. a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top  | |
scold   | |
v. speak to someone angrily because you disapprove of their behaviour  | |
simpleton   | |
n. a person lacking intelligence or common sense  | |
chandelier   | |
n. a decorative light that hangs from the ceiling and has several parts like branches for holding light bulbs  | |
prosper   | |
v. (of a person or a business) to be or become successful, especially financially  | |
boastful   | |
a. exhibiting self-importance  | |
expatiate   | |
v. speak or write about something in great detail or for a long time  | |
sneer   | |
v. show in an expression on your face or in your manner of speaking that someone or something is so foolish  | |
simpleton   | |
n. a person lacking intelligence or common sense  | |
draught   | |
n. a serving of drink (usually alcoholic)  | |
daintily   | |
ad. in an attractive, careful way, especially used about something small  | |
scald   | |
v. treat with boiling water  | |
pluck   | |
v. remove the feathers from a chicken or other bird so that it can be cooked and eaten  | |
spit   | |
n. a skewer for holding meat over a fire  | |
frontispiece   | |
n. picture that faces the page of a book with the title on  | |
nudge   | |
v. push against gently  | |
confess   | |
v. admit that you have done something wrong, or to admit unwillingly that something is true  | |
into the bargain   | |
ad. in addition to other facts previously mentioned  | |
denounce   | |
v. accuse someone publicly of being something that is bad or wrong  | |
insignificant   | |
a. small or not noticeable, and therefore not considered important  | |
dwarf   | |
n. a person who is much smaller than the usual size  | |
marble   | |
n. a type of very hard rock that has a pattern of lines going through it, feels cold  | |
wicket   | |
n. small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)  | |
tablet   | |
n. a thin, flat, often square piece of hard material such as wood, stone, or metal  | |
conscience   | |
n. feeling that you know and should do what is right and should avoid doing what is wrong  | |
peaceably   | |
ad. without violence or war, or in a peaceful way  | |
stitch   | |
v. fasten by sewing; do needlework  | |
betimes   | |
ad. before the usual or expected time; early  | |
thriving   | |
a. growing, developing, or being successful  | |
stable   | |
n. a building in which horses are kept  | |
adrift   | |
a. not controlled and moving without a clear purpose or direction  | |
melancholy   | |
a. feeling of thoughtful sadness  | |
shelter   | |
n. temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons  | |
woe-begone   | |
a. sad or miserable in appearance  | |
sorrow   | |
n. the state of being sad  | |
hedge   | |
n. a line of bushes or small trees planted very close together  | |
dainty   | |
a. especially pleasing to the taste  | |
morsel   | |
n. a very small piece of food  | |
barn   | |
n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals  | |
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