The pearl chapter 1 and 2

Drylan (United States of America)
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  1. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  2. consolation
    the act of giving relief in affliction
  3. detachment
    lack of emotion or interest
  4. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
  5. lymphatic
    relating to a clear fluid containing white blood cells
  6. procession
    the act of moving forward, as toward a goal
  7. pulque
    fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
  8. reassuring
    restoring confidence and relieving anxiety
  9. scandal
    a disgraceful event
  10. ulcer
    an inflammatory lesion resulting in decay of tissue
  11. bulwark
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  12. deliberately
    in a careful unhurried manner
  13. estuary
    the wide part of a river where it nears the sea
  14. gloating
    malicious satisfaction
  15. incandescence
    light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
  16. lateen
    a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean
  17. mirage
    optical illusion in which hot air distorts distant objects
  18. poultice
    a medical dressing spread on a cloth and applied to the skin
Created on Mon Nov 18 16:49:52 EST 2013 (updated Mon Nov 18 17:46:18 EST 2013)

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