Glossary: The Victorious Orphan
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Glossary: The Victorious Orphan

1 unflinching adj. fearless, firm.
2 resolution n. determination.
3 sorcerer n. a person who practices magic.
4 diviner n. one who discovers the unknown.
5 drag v. pull heavily along.
6 stature n. the height of a body.
7 accost v. go up to and speak to.
8 unrelenting adj. not becoming less in intensity.
9 rift n. crack; break.
10 remedy put right, or restore to the proper condition.
11 aright adj. rightly; correctly.
12 gibberish n. meaningless sound.
13 grapple with v. to seize and struggle with.
14 devout adj. pious; religious.
15 imperial adj. of a commanding quality.
16 uproot v. get rid of.
17 plight n. bad or sorrowful condition.
18 ruthless adj. merciless; cruel.
19 scorching adj. burning.
20 conciliatory adj. tending to calm down.
21 bold adj. without fear.
22 boycott n. preventing dealings with as a means of punishment.
23 document n. anything in writing which gives information or proof.
24 aseension n. the bodily passing from earth to heaven.
25 fable n. story (especially, about animals). intended to teach a lesson about behaviour.
26 controversy n. argument about some matter or opinion.
27 remiss adj. careless.
28 ban n. order that something must not be done.
29 embolden v. make brave or make confident.
30 orchard n. a field where fruit-trees are grown.
31 vine n. type of climbing-plant on which grapes grow.
32 radiance n. brightness or light.
33 splendour n. magnificence; glory.
34 plaintive adj. expressing sorrow or melancholy.
35 tidings n. news, information.
36 fornication n. unlawful sexual acts between two people not married to each other.
37 banish v. send or put away.
38 faint adj. weak.
39 forelegs n. the front legs of a quadruped.

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