Irving Vocab.
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- Morass
- swamp
- prevalent
- frequent and widespread
- forlorn
- desert
- articlate
- distinct
- balk
- to frustrate
- piteous
- envoking sympathy or pity
- termagant
- a scolding woman
- askance
- with suspicion
- celibacy
- condition of being unmarried
- stagnant
- stale and unclear from lack of motion
- precarious
- dangerously uncertin or unstable
- bittern
- a wading bird know for its cry
- impregnable
- impossible to capture or invade
- incantation
- a ritual chant supposed to raise spirts or cast spells
- boding
- ominous
- cloven
- split, as by an ax
- swarthy
- of dark complexion
- consecrate
- to declare sacred
- propitiate
- to gain by pacifying
- surmise
- to guess
- obliterate
- to destroy so that no trace is left
- resolute
- firm, determined
- propitiatory
- friendly, peaceful
- forbear
- to refrain from
- surly
- ill-tempered
- carrion
- dead and decomposing
- prowess
- great stength and skill
- obstinate
- stubborn
- usurer
- a money lender who charges extreme intrest rates
- ostentation
- showy
- parsimony
- exsessive thrift, stinginess
- vainglory
- excessive pride
- expendiency
- appropriteness for the given situation
- usurious
- characteristic of an usurer
- superfluous
- more than what is needed
- coffer
- strongbox