Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing

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Rites of Passage
Summary: Jerry has to go through the tunnel
13 words 1415 learners

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  1. promontory
    a natural elevation
  2. conscientiously
    with careful attention and effort to do something correctly
  3. contrition
    sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
  4. chivalry
    the medieval principles governing knightly conduct
  5. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  6. buoyant
    tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
  7. supplication
    the act of communicating with a deity
  8. idly
    in a lazy, casual, or aimless way
  9. defiant
    boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
  10. beseeching
    begging
  11. frond
    compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
  12. convulsive
    affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions
  13. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
Created on Fri Oct 16 12:20:37 EDT 2009 (updated Sun Oct 18 12:09:04 EDT 2009)

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