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  1. noble
    having high or elevated character
    Would, oh would, I were a kingfisher
    That flies with the halcyons
    Along the breaking waves, with a fearless heart,
    That noble bird, that holy bird,
    The deep blue of the ocean.
  2. scorn
    reject with contempt
    There was a man called Erysichthon, who scorned the gods and declined to sacrifice on their altars or do them honor.
  3. grove
    a small growth of trees without underbrush
    One day he found himself in a grove sacred to Ceres.
  4. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
    Get off me, you pious son...
  5. pang
    a sharp spasm of pain
    I am the tree itself speaking. My pangs of death are eased by one thing.
  6. torment
    a severe affliction
    But the goddess Ceres heard the cry of her tree, and her mind immediately began to move upon torments that she might inflict.
  7. inflict
    impose something unpleasant
    But the goddess Ceres heard the cry of her tree, and her mind immediately began to move upon torments that she might inflict.
  8. handmaid
    a female attendant
    OREAD [a handmaid, entering]:
    Yes?
  9. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
    There you will find, huddling together, Cold, Fear, and gaunt Hunger.
  10. bleak
    providing no shelter or sustenance
    Oread flew off to the Caucasus, a bleak and nightmarish region.
  11. lank
    long and thin and often limp
    Her hair hung down in lank and matted locks.
  12. matted
    tangled in a dense mass
    Her hair hung down in lank and matted locks.
  13. slack
    not tense or taut
    Her eyes were sunken and circled, her lips were slack and cracked.
  14. wither
    shrink, as with a loss of moisture
    As she flew overhead, fields withered and men starved.
  15. cadaverous
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
    She wraps cadaverous arms around him in an embrace as strong as love, but quite the opposite of love.
  16. ingest
    take food, drink, or some other substance into the body
    As the ocean ingests the water from the rivers of the world but still is never filled and remains thirsty and guzzles more and more forever, so he calls out for more.
  17. guzzle
    drink greedily or as if with great thirst
    As the ocean ingests the water from the rivers of the world but still is never filled and remains thirsty and guzzles more and more forever, so he calls out for more.
  18. gorge
    overeat or eat immodestly
    His gorging empties the larder and storerooms, the warehouses and barns of the city.
  19. larder
    a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
    His gorging empties the larder and storerooms, the warehouses and barns of the city.
  20. brine
    water containing salts
    From the briny deep, Poseidon heard her prayer, pulled her into the water, and changed her back into the little girl who used to play along his shores.
Created on Wed Jun 05 08:51:23 EDT 2019 (updated Thu Jun 06 15:12:51 EDT 2019)

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