Vocabulary

prosy - commonplace; dull scuttle - to run or move with quick little steps depredation - a predatory attack; raid haughty - scornfully and condescendingly proud flummox - to confuse; perplex audacious - fearlessly daring intricate - full of complicated detail obstinately stubbornly remaining to an attitude or course of action prudent - wise in handling practical matters confusticate - to confuse; perplex
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**Week 2** cavalcade - a ceremonial procession of people on horseback punctual - acting or arriving on time primly - formally; precisely in manner or appearance remnant - a portion or quantity left over paraphernalia - the equipment used in or associated with a certain activity repose - rest of relaxation vex - to irritate or annoy parapet - a low wall or railing along the edge of a roof or balcony scanty - barely sufficient; too small palpitating - to shake; quiver

dell - a small, secluded valley glade - an open space in a forest eyrie - the nest of an eagle or other predatory bird trestle - framework made up of supports used to hold up a bridge heed - caution; care queer - unusual; odd; strange precipice - a very steep or overhanging mass of rock; face of a cliff keen - intense; concentrated tumult - commotion of a great crowd peril - the condition of present danger
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bulbous - bulb-shaped lament - to mourn over; grieve hoist - to raise or haul up brink - upper edge of a steep place; verge of something hewn - made or shaped with an axe grim - harsh; forbidding; stern surly - irritable; disagreeable rouse - to cause to become active eddy - a current that moves contrary to the direction of the main current portcullis - a grating suspended in the gateway of a fortified place
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promontory - a high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water moored - to have fixed in place; secured dubious - feeling or showing doubt or uncertainty enmity - mutual hatred ominous - being a sign of trouble, danger, or disaster perilous - something that is dangerous or risky marauding - raiding or pillaging for valuables besiege - to surround and blockade in order to capture pallid - lacking healthy color; pale confound - to puzzle or perplex
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