Glossary of Terms
Accumulated: To collect and gather up things, usual in small portions at a time.
Avidly: An act engaged in with extreme enthusiasm; behavior marked by eagerness, almost to the point of greed.
Bristling: To become stiff and rise in reaction to an exterior stimulus.
Coagulate: To gather together into a mass or substantial grouping.
Disconcerted: Disrupting one's composure; the feeling of being unsettled or confused.
Enthroned: Put in a position of authority.
Estuaries: Places where the sea meets the lower end of a river.
Fraternized: Associating with memebers of a hostile group in a very close or intimate manner.
Gendarme: A soldier serving as part of a police force, traditionally in France, that keeps public order.
Listless: A melancholy state characterized by absence of interest, energy or feeling.
Obstinate: Very stubborn; insisting on standing by one's own beliefs despite all other arguments.
Peevishly: Used to describe a stubborn or argumentative behavior or mood.
Sprawled: Spread out without any design or restraint; lacking a pattern.
Squabble: To argue loudly over something that is very often insignificant.
Vulnerable: Open, or capable of being hurt physically or emotionally. Not prepared to defend against an attack.
Woeful: In bad or serious condition. To describe a person, place or thing that is full of grief or sadness.
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