great expectation

Aatika S. (India)
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  1. tombstone
    a stone that is used to mark a grave
  2. freckle
    a small brownish spot on the skin
  3. lozenge
    a small aromatic or medicated candy
  4. vivid
    having striking color
  5. bleak
    unpleasantly cold and damp
  6. parish
    a local church community
  7. intersect
    meet or cross at a point; overlap
  8. dyke
    a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
  9. mound
    a collection of objects laid on top of each other
  10. leaden
    (of movement) slow and laborious
  11. savage
    without civilizing influences
  12. lair
    the place where a wild animal lives
  13. smother
    deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  14. soak
    submerge in a liquid
  15. lame
    disabled in the feet or legs
  16. flint
    a hard kind of stone
  17. briar
    Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
  18. growl
    utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
  19. steeple
    a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building
  20. ravenous
    extremely hungry
  21. darn
    repair a garment by weaving thread across a hole
  22. giddy
    lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
  23. yonder
    distant but within sight
  24. wain
    large open farm wagon
Created on Mon Nov 29 14:37:42 EST 2021

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