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Writhe -One Karg fell writhing with a spear, still warm from its forging, right through its body |
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| To turn and twist about; twist out of shape or position; wrench; contort |
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Wraith -One group of the Kargs chased the wraiths straight to the high fall |
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| An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image. |
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Alcove -There was a kind of alcove in the west wall of the room, where Ged slept. |
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| A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library. |
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Lore -There were certain runes on certain pages in the Lore-book that seemed familiar to him |
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| all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience. |
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Abate -'Can you abate this wind, lad?' |
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| To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen. |
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Vetch -Jasper took Ged to sit with a heavyset fellow called Vetch, who said nothing but shoveled in his food with a will. |
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| Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds. |
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Fathomless -He saw that in this dusty and fathomless matter of learning the true name of each place, thing, and being the power he wanted lay like a jewel at the bottom of a dry well. |
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| Too deep to be fathomed or measured. Too obscure or complicated to be understood. |
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Drone -...men and women, danced in the warm dust and duck down all the roads of Roke to the sea-beaches, to the beat of drums and drone of pipes and flutes |
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| To make a continuous low dull humming sound |
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Spite -...for in his tone as in Jasper's the spite between them now sounded plain and clear as steel coming out of a sheath |
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| Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor. |
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Clamber -No shadow came crawling through moonlight seeking the rent through which it might clamber back into its own domain |
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| To climb, especially with difficulty or by using both hands and feet, as in ascending a steep mountain: often used figuratively. |
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