Crispin: The Cross of Lead

VocabularySet Two: Chapters 12-21

forage•The act of searcing for food or provisions of any kind; to search about; seek; rummage; hunt. (p.57)

lurking• Lying or waiting in concealment, as a person in ambush;

remaining in or around a place secretly; slinking; sneaking. (p. 58)

solitary• Being the only one; alone, without companions,

unattended; existing living, or going on without others. (p.60)

dire• Dreadful; causing or involving great fear or suffering;

terrible. (p.60)

beseiged• Surrounded by; distressed, worried; attacked. (p.62)

famished• Extremely hungry, starving. (p. 62)

loathsome• Disgusting, revolting, repulsive. (p. 63)

contorted• Twisted in a violent manner; bent severely out of shape.

(p.63)

grostesquely• In a manner that is odd or unnatural in shape, appearance

or character. (p. 64)

distended• Swollen out of normal shape or shape as from internal

pressure. (p. 64)

corruption• The state of being dishonest or lacking in integrity. (p. 64)

pillaged

sustenance

dell

trepidation

ghastly

pestilence

raucously

evasively

gluttons

tyranny

prudence

putrid

brandishing

leering

warily

lamenting

rummaged

servile

beguiled

bravado

fragile

severe