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The Raven Cycle vocab

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  • Attractive because of being unusual and especially old-fashioned.
    Quaint
  • Suddenly filled with strong feelings of shock and worry.
    Aghast
  • Wireframes
  • An unkind expression on your face that shows you do not respect or approve of someone or something.
    Sneer
  • A box-shaped container, without a top, that is part of a piece of furniture. It slides in and out to open and close and is used for keeping things in.
    (Bedside) drawer
  • Having a rough mark on the surface.
    Scuffed
  • A long, narrow space between rows of seats in an aircraft, cinema, or church.
    Aisle
  • Dead or decaying flesh.
    Carrion
  • Thin fog produced by very small drops of water collecting in the air just above an area of ground or water.
    Mist
  • Tight or completely stretched.
    Taut
  • To push something or someone gently, especially to push someone with your elbow to attract the person's attention.
    Nudge
  • An unpleasant situation that you can accept or deal with.
    Bearable
  • Not in the intended manner, or out of position, or wrong.
    Awry
  • A man who is paid to murder someone.
    Hitman
  • An alcoholic drink made from grain and hops (= a type of plant).
    Beer
  • Someone or something that has great skill or perfect style.
    Polished
  • A name chosen by a writer to use instead of using his or her real name when publishing books.
    Pen name
  • To change something slightly, especially in order to make it more correct, effective, or suitable.
    Tweak
  • In the direction of the longest side.
    Lengthwise
  • A thick covering for the hand, used for taking hot things out of an oven.
    Oven mitt
  • Great ability or skill.
    Prowess
  • A long roll of paper or similar material with usually official writing on it.
    Scroll
  • (Of clothes) torn and not in good condition. (Of a person) Untidy, dirty, and wearing old, torn clothes.
    Ragged
  • Anger.
    Ire
  • Tending to move unsteadily from side to side.
    Wobbly
  • To cause something to be not straight or exact; to twist or distort.
    Skew
  • A covering for a bed, made of two layers of cloth with a layer of soft filling between them, and stitched in lines or patterns through all the layers.
    Quilt
  • A group of different types of something.
    Assortment
  • Without stopping, or seeming to have no end.
    Ceaseless
  • Mud, dirt, or a sticky natural substance such as animal waste.
    Muck
  • A slight smell, carried on a current of air.
    Whiff
  • Unusual, funny, and pleasant ideas or qualities.
    Whimsy
  • In the air, or carried by air or wind or by an aircraft.
    Airborne
  • To join two pieces of rope, film, etc. together at their ends in order to form one long piece.
    Splice
  • A device for removing corks from bottles, that consists of a handle with a twisted metal rod to push into the cork and pull it out.
    Corkscrew
  • In the air or in a higher position.
    Aloft
  • A deep, rough sound, usually made in anger.
    Snarl
  • A person who serves customers in a shop.
    Clerk
  • Relating to teaching that is intended to help people who have difficulties in reading or writing.
    Remedial
  • To annoy someone by not doing or saying what they want.
    Cross
  • The part of society, including employers and people who run large companies, that has most of the money and power which it gets from the work of ordinary people.
    Burgeoisie
  • Cut into thin strips.
    Shredded
  • (Especially of animals) Not wild or dangerous, either naturally or because of training or long involvement with humans.
    Tamed
  • To hit and kick someone, usually to frighten or threaten them.
    Rough someone up
  • Something that fails to represent the values and qualities that it is intended to represent, in a way that is shocking or offensive.
    Travesty
  • To stay in a public place without an obvious reason to be there.
    Loiter
  • Angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people.
    Sullen