Vocabulary game

a person who lives alone and apart from the rest of society, especially for religious reasons

Each cow was _______________________with a hot iron to show that they were from the same cattle.

Now she looks ____________________ as if she were ill.

Something dark disappeared behind the _____________________ in the forest.

a special mark put on the skin of animals, criminals or slaves with a hot iron rod to that shows it belongs to someone

He spent two years as a _______________in the desert, searching for inner peace.

used to describe a person's face or skin if it has less color than usual, for example when the person is or ill or frightened, or if it has less color than people generally have

His captors had put a ___________________ of thick leather in his mouth.

a piece of cloth that is tied around a person's mouth or put inside it in order to stop the person from speaking, shouting or calling for help

thick covering of leaves