lunes, 28 de mayo de 2012

Invisible Words

Here are the words I don't understand from the book, along with the page number they are in and their definitions:
  1. Braziers: a metal receptacle for holding live coals or other fuel, as for heating a room. (5)
  2. Beseech: to implore urgently. (5)
  3. Scepter: royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty. (5) 
  4. Chalcedony: a microcrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, often milky or grayish.(12)
  5. Languish: to lose vigor and vitality. (16)
  6. Jutting: an extension beyond the main body or line. (53)
  7. Stridor: a harsh, grating, or creaking sound. (21)
  8. Quarry: an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. ( 47)
  9. Chaste: refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religionvirtuous. (52)
  10. Balustrade: awkward or unwieldy. (73)
  11. Estuary: that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide. (61)


Brazier

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