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Rote
"Very glad he wasto learn this lore, for without it, no mere rote-learning of charms and spells will give a man true mastery." Pg. 30
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| Mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned. |
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Pallet
"Over his pallet was a window that looked out on the sea." Pg. 30
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Waver(ing)
"A wall of wavering, writhing grey lay blank across the path, hiding all that lay behind it." Pg. 22
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| To shake with a quivering motion |
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Mage
"Many Gontishman has gone forth to serve the Lords of the Archipelago in their cities as wizard or mage or looking for adventure, to wander working magic from isle to isle of all Earthsea. " Pg. 11
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| A magician or learned person. |
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Vetch
"Jasper took Ged to sit with a heavyset fellow called vetch, who said nothing much but shovelled in his food with a will." Pg. 51
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| A widely distributed scrambling herbaceous plant of the pea family that is cultivated as a silage or fodder crop. |
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Jasper
"A tall youth who greeted him very courteously, bowing his head, 'I am called Jasper, Enwit's son of the Domain of Eolg on Havnor Isle' " Pg. 49
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An opaque reddish-brown variety of chalcedony.
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Frolic
"They were all eating and laughing and playing such tricks out of pure frolic as might be the marvel of a king's court." Pg. 69
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| (Of an animal or person) play and move about cheerfully, excitedly, or energetically. |
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Fealty
" 'I know what you did,' he said at last, 'but not what you are. I cannot accept your fealty.' " Pg. 78
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| A feudal tenant's or vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord. |
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Glum
"Vetch scratched his head and looked glum, but he took a bit of earth in his hand..." Pg. 53
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| Looking or feeling dejected; morose. |
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Fey
"After tose two long nights of dance and moonlight and music and magery he was in a fey and a wild mood, ready for whatever might come." Pg. 69
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| Giving an impression of vague unworldliness. |
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