Vocab

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Verbs

Beseech

1.to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.


2.to beg eagerly for; solicit
3.to make urgent appeal: Earnestly did I beseech, but to no avail.

shirk

= shun, avoid, dodge


unshirked/unshirking

shirker,

[shurk]

= to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).

Forage

1.to wander or go in search of provisions.

[fawr-ij, for-]

2.to search about; seek; rummage; hunt: He went foraging in the attic for old

mementos.
Nouns

Scaffold = schel
Shovel = spade

Adjectives/Adverbs

Ramshackle = drpnat: We remained secluded in our ramshackle burrow for seven nights.
Dilapidated = falling to pieces or in a state of disrepair; shabby
puckish [pksh] = Mischievous; impish: a puckish grin; puckish wit
frolicsome = lively or playful: a frolicsome puppy
cap = finish
lax = negligent
quash = defeat
prattle = chatter
designate = specify
muster = convene
crimp = pleat
beguile/seduce

dowager/matron
lackluster/drab
obnoxious annoying,
nascent incipient
illustrious noted
despondency depression
memorandum/note
gargantuan titanic/
stanchion/pole
hanker yearn
omen/harbinger
hightail/abscond
fractious/querulous
pilot/trial

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