Clamorous

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"There were no flurries or sudden movement, and only this clamorous interweaving throng of rooks."

Making a loud and confused noise

Raucous

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"The tall spinney of horse-chestnut trees, raucous with the calling of the rooks and rubbish-roofed with the clutter of their sprawling nests, was one of their familiar places."

Harsh; strident; grating

Reverent

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"Will reached out and laid a reverent hand on its neck."

Feeling or showing respect, mixed with wonder, awe, and love

Jut(ted)

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"The branching tops of small trees and bushes jutted snow-laden from the mounding drifts, like white antlers from white rounded heads."

The extend beyond the main body or line, project; protrude

Vanquish(ing)

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"If you accomplish that, you will have brought to life one of the three great forces that the Old Ones must turn soon towards vanquishing the Dark..."

To subdue or conquer by superior force, as in battle

Peril

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"And this is only the beginning of the peril, Will."

Something that causes or may cause injury, loss, or destruction

Inscrutable

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"With the white hair hidden he was a dark figure suddenly, tall and inscrutable."

Incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable

Lowering

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"Up against the lowering grey clouds, to black rooks were flapping slowly over the farm in a wide circle."

Dark and threatening, as the sky, clouds, or weather; overacast; gloomy

Ominous

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"And the cawing behind them died to an ominous murmur."

Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

Strident

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"The great hall was filled suddenly with a hideous mixture of moaning and mumbling and strident wailing."