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- reek
- strong or disagreeable fume or odor
- Reclamation
- the act or process of reclaiming; recovery
- tarry
- to delay or be tardy in acting or doing; to wait
- relents
- to become less severe, harsh, or strict; slacken
- peals
- the loud ringing of bells; loud succession of sounds
- Palpable
- capable of being touched or felt; tangible; easily perceptible
- replete
- abundantly provided or filled; complete, fat, stout
- Brazier
- one who works in brass
- sidled
- to move with one side forward in a furtive advance; to move sideways
- furze
- wheat
- slipshod
- wearing loose shoes; shabby, careless, slovenly
- bilious
- of or relating to bile; of a peevish ill-natured disposition
- foil
- to defeat, thwart
- demurely
- modest, reserved, or serious
- Jocund
- marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness
- Morose
- having a sullen and gloomy disposition
- Rime
- frost, crust
- Decanter
- a vessel used to decant or to receive decanted liquids
- Sensible
- perceptible to the senses or to reason or understanding
- Covetous
- marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions
- borough
- a group of houses forming a town with special duties and privileges
- beetling
- project, jut
- jovial
- merry; of or relating to Jove
- repent
- to feel regret or contrition; to change one's mind
- Malthusian
- of or relating to Malthus or to his theory that population increases faster than its subsistence and that poverty results
- Brigands
- bandit; one who lives by plunder
- blithe
- of a happy lighthearted character or disposition; casual, heedless; lacking concern
- Capacious
- capable of containing a great deal
- repute
- believe, consider; reputation
- amends
- compensation for loss or injury
- recompense
- to compensate; to pay for
- waistcoat
- an ornamental garment worn under a doublet; a vest
- Epiphany
- a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something
- genial
- displaying genius; relating to marriage or generation
- withered
- to become dry or shriveled; to lose vitality, force, or freshness; stun
- Allegory
- a symbolic representation
- feign
- a false impression; to conceal, pretend, invent
- Deftly
- characterized by facility and skill
- gruel
- a thin porridge; punishment
- inexorable
- not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped; relentless
- giddy
- dizzy; frivolous, joyfully elated
- seething
- intensely hot; boiling
- Legatee
- one to whom a legacy is bequeathed or a devise is given
- abyss
- immeasurably deep space; intellectual or moral depths
- foreshadow
- to represent, indicate beforehand; a prediction
- Ironmongery
- something made of metal
- scanty
- less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent
- poulterer
- one that deals in poultry
- swarthy
- of a dark color, complexion, or cast
- Pedestrian
- going on foot; foot
- grog
- alcoholic liquor; diluted liquor
- mirth
- gaiety accompanied with laughter; merry
- Beguile
- to lead by deception; hoodwink
- loitered
- to dawdle, lag behind
- sealing wax
- melted wax used to seal letters and other documents
- beseech
- to request earnestly; implore
- intercede
- to mediate
- Empathy
- understanding the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another without having the feelings or thoughts yourself
- Recumbent
- lying down; suggestive of repose
- petrification
- process, state or something petrified
- compulsion
- an irresistible persistent impulse to perform an act
- Loath
- reluctant; unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking
- Unhallowed
- not blessed; unconsecrated; unholy
- Lustrous
- reflecting light; radiant in character or reputation
- pang
- brief spasm of pain
- avarice
- desire for wealth or gain; greed
- Ponderous
- of very great weight; oppressively or unpleasantly dull
- Corroborate
- to support with evidence or authority; make more certain
- exulted
- to leap for joy; rejoice
- portly
- dignified, stately, stout
- flaunting
- to display oneself to public notice; parade; to treat contemptuously
- Laden
- carrying a load or burden
- Latent
- capable of becoming visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
- Facetious
- joking or jesting
- ubiquitous
- being everywhere at the same time; widespread
- Bestow
- to put to use, apply; to convey as a gift
- Pillaged
- to plunder ruthlessly; loot
- Misanthropic
- marked by a hatred or contempt for humankind
- prodigiously
- exciting amazement or wonder; representing a progidy
- Intimation
- to make known especially publicly or formally; to announce
- redemption
- the act or process of redeeming
- Lower(ing)
- dark and threatening; gloomy
- disgorge
- to discharge rapidly or forcefully; vomit
- Regale
- to entertain sumptuously; to give pleasure or amusement to
- hearty
- unqualified support; good appetite; vigourous