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Straggling
That wide gray sweep was the lawn, with the straggling trees of the orchard still dark beyond.
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| Spreading out in several directions |
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Clamorous
They flapped and driffted; there were no flurries of sudden movement, only this clamorous interweaving throng of rooks.
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| Making or marked by loud outcry or distained din |
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Lilting
It beckoned him, lilting and insistent; delicate music.
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| Having a lilt; with energy, spirit and sprightliness; lively and cheerful. |
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Wizened
He saw a broad river in flood and beside it a wizened man perched on a enormous horse.
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| withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness |
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Peril
This is only the beginning of peril.
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| situation of serious and immediate danger. |
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Cleft
And in the gap cleft of the darkness there before them.
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Thrum
But she was drowned out by the wave like thrum.
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Inexorable
As merriman whirled him inexorably from one picture to the next.
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| Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; -- of people and impersonal forces |
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Strident
A hideous mixture of moaning and mumbling and strident wailing.
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| Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding |
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Jutted
The branching top of the trees and bushes jutted.
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| Something that protrudes; a projection |
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