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Shrill
“... the drums silent and only the flutes playing soft and shrill.” (pg 68)
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| (of a voice or sound) high-pitched and piercing. |
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Rote
" Very glad he was to learn this lore, for without it no mere rote-writing of charms and spells will give a man true mastery." Page 30
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| mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned. |
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Disdainful
"Presently, trying to show himself an equal of this polite disdainful youth, he added 'I suppose you weren't when you first came.'" Page 50
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| showing contempt or lack of respect. |
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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.” (pg 59)
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| Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless; unfathomable or incomprehensible |
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Fealty
"'I know what you did,' he said at last, 'but not what you are. I cannot accept your fealty." Page 78
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| a feudal tenant's or vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord. |
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Frolic
“They were all eating and laughing and playing such tricks out of pure frolic as might be the marvel of a king’s court.” (pg 69)
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| (of an animal or person) play and move about cheerfully, excitedly, or energetically. |
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Wraith
"One group of the Kargs chased the wraiths straight to the High Fall, the cliff's edge above the springs of Ar , and the shapes they pursued ran out on to the air and vanished in thinning mist, while the pursuers fell sceaming through fog and sudden sunlight a hundred feet sheer to the shallow pools among the rocks." Page 22.
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| a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, esp. one seen shortly before or after their death. |
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Scoffing
"Now it seemed to Ged, a mountain villager who had never been among the sons of rich merchants and noblemen, that this fellow was scoffing at him with his 'service' and his 'Sir' and his bowing and scraping." Page 49
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| speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way. |
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Peril
“Not for his passenger’s sake, but to save his ship for the peril of the storm, the master shouted at once to the steers-man to head westward toward the light.” (pg 43.)
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| serious and immediate danger. |
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Lore
There were certain runes on certain pages of the Lore-Book that seemed familiar to him, though he did not remember in what book he had ever seen them before." Page 67
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| a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth. |
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