A Dance with Dragons: Chapters 24–35

by George R.R. Martin
In the fifth volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, the fate of the seven kingdoms of Westeros hangs in the balance after a devastating battle.

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  1. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
    “Not every man is what he seems, and a prince especially has good cause to be wary... but go too far down that road, and the mistrust can poison you, make you sour and fearful.”
  2. slight
    a deliberate discourteous act
    Let me live long enough to see the boy sit the Iron Throne, and Varys will pay for that slight and so much more.
  3. revenant
    a person who returns after a lengthy absence
    Revenants from forgotten wars, lost causes, failed rebellions, a brotherhood of the failed and the fallen, the disgraced and the disinherited.
  4. intent
    giving or marked by complete attention to
    We came to raise up a king and queen who would lead us home to Westeros, but this Targaryen girl seems more intent on planting olive trees than in reclaiming her father’s throne.
  5. provision
    a store or supply of something
    We’ll get provisions in Yunkai, maybe fresh horses, then it will be on to Meereen to dance with the dragon queen.
  6. supple
    moving and bending with ease
    The Yunkai’i claimed that she fed her dragons on human flesh and bathed in the blood of virgins to keep her skin smooth and supple.
  7. ruse
    a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture
    “The best ruses always have some seed of truth,” said the Tattered Prince.
  8. wayward
    resistant to guidance or discipline
    “My wayward niece needs taming,” the Crow’s Eye was reported to have said, “and I know the man to tame her.”
  9. anvil
    a heavy block on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
    He had married her to Erik Ironmaker and named the Anvil-Breaker to rule the Iron Islands whilst he was chasing dragons.
  10. manacle
    shackle that can be locked around the wrist
    The manacles were black iron, thick and heavy, each weighing a good two pounds, if the dwarf was any judge.
  11. gullet
    the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
    Plots within plots, but all roads lead down the dragon's gullet.
  12. chivalrous
    attentive and honorable like an ideal knight
    That you are a true and chivalrous Westerosi knight crossing half the world to come to the aid of this... well, she is no maiden, though she may still be fair.
  13. infirm
    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
    Jon had sent ten of the Mole’s Town wildlings to each of them: green boys, old men, some wounded and infirm, but all capable of doing work of one sort or another.
  14. cumbersome
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
    By rights the two-handed greatsword should have been a deal more cumbersome than Jon’s longsword, but the wildling wielded it with blinding speed.
  15. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
    The rancor I showed you in the Merman’s Court was a mummer’s farce put on to please our friends of Frey.
  16. appease
    make peace with
    If any of the Freys had taken it upon themselves to climb my gate for a close look at the man with the onion in his mouth, I would have blamed my gaolers for the error and produced you to appease them.
  17. excrement
    waste matter discharged from the body
    And yet so long as they held Wylis I had no choice but to eat all this excrement and praise the taste.
  18. augment
    enlarge or increase
    There were ships from Meereen out in the bay too, warships and trading galleys whose captains had taken them to sea when Dany’s host first laid siege to the city, now returned to augment the fleets from Qarth, Tolos, and New Ghis.
  19. succor
    assistance in time of difficulty
    “They are coming here for help. For succor and protection. We cannot turn our backs on them.”
  20. scruple
    hesitate on moral grounds
    Your sellswords once served your foes, and once a man turns his cloak he will not scruple to turn it again.
  21. limn
    trace the shape of
    His long face floated before her, limned in tongues of red and orange, appearing and disappearing again, a shadow half-seen behind a fluttering curtain.
  22. eclipse
    be greater in significance than
    Stannis had been a younger son living in the shadow of his elder brother, just as Jon Snow, bastard-born, had always been eclipsed by his trueborn sibling, the fallen hero men had called the Young Wolf.
  23. deliverance
    recovery or preservation from loss or danger
    “There he stands, Lord Snow. Arya’s deliverance. A gift from the Lord of Light... and me.”
  24. grudging
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
    We have powerful friends in the Lannisters and Freys, and the grudging support of much of the north ... but what do you imagine is going to happen when one of Ned Stark’s sons turns up?
  25. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
    Your amusements are your own, I will not chide you on that count, but you must be more discreet.
  26. courtesy
    a polite, respectful, or considerate act
    Power tastes best when sweetened by courtesy.
  27. redemption
    the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
    As for this ... Reek ... if you have not ruined him beyond redemption, he may yet be of some use to us.
  28. malediction
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
    For every man who tried to rub her head, there were three who muttered maledictions under their breath when she went by.
  29. consolation
    the act of giving relief in affliction
    They hacked off her brother’s head in the hope that it was mine, yet here I sit like some bloody gargoyle, offering empty consolations.
  30. savory
    an aromatic or spicy dish
    The world's deliverer may snick off my head or give me to her dragons as a savory.
  31. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
    He chose one bird, and then another, without success, but the third raven looked at him with shrewd black eyes, tilted its head, and gave a quork, and quick as that he was not a boy looking at a raven but a raven looking at a boy.
  32. suspect
    imagine to be the case or true or probable
    Bran only had to smile, do as he was told, and mutter “Hodor” from time to time, and he could follow Meera and Jojen, grinning happily, without anyone suspecting it was really him.
  33. dwindle
    become smaller or lose substance
    The tree itself was shrinking, growing smaller with each vision, whilst the lesser trees dwindled into saplings and vanished, only to be replaced by other trees that would dwindle and vanish in their turn.
  34. appeal
    earnest or urgent request
    They had been two of the sixty-three wildlings who had followed Jon Snow back to the Wall the day he made his appeal, so far the only two to decide they wanted a black cloak.
  35. grievous
    causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
    There were nights when Jon Snow wondered if he had not made a grievous mistake by preventing Stannis from marching all the wildlings off to be slaughtered.
Created on Sat Apr 11 15:22:20 EDT 2015 (updated Mon Oct 01 17:03:55 EDT 2018)

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