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Hobbit vocab ch1-4
TE selected these words
Question | Answer |
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guffaw | an almost uncontrollable laugh |
uncanny | supernatural |
thriven | has flourished past tense of thrive |
tinder | a fire-starter |
champing | biting and grinding |
quaff | to drink an alcoholic beverage heartily |
shirk | to evade |
venerable | respect because of age or other impressive things |
palpitating | to beat rapidly and strongly |
necromancer | conjuration of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events |
remuneration | an amount of money paid to someone for the work that person has done |
depredation | the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage |