Download BC Chp 10-12 Vocab

Chronicles of Prydain Book 2: Black Cauldron
Chapters 10-12 Vocabulary
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Belin-Celtic god of sun; similar to Apollo
Briny-of salty water
Slackened-to slowly lighten up
Moors-a tract of open wasteland, often overgrown and having poor drainage.
Gouging-layers of decomposed rocks and minerals in a earth wall
Loon-short-tailed, webbed feet birds who eat fish
Furze-a spiny shrub with yellow flowers and rudimentary leaves going in an area of
waste and sandy soil
8. Meager-small; barely there
9. Stagnant-to stay the same; no movement or growth
10. Mire-stretch of swampy or boggy land
11. Foundered-fail or break down
12. Brackish-slightly salty; unpleasant or distasteful
13. Crockery-dishes of china or earthenware
Chapter 11
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Ungirt-having unbelted or only loosely belted
Menacing-suggesting danger or threat
Goslings-young goose; foolish
Bog- wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body.
Crone-an old, ugly, thin woman
Vex-to annoy or irritated greatly
Herons- a large fish-eating wading bird with long legs, a long S-shaped neck, and a long
pointed bill.
8. Kingfishers- an often brightly colored bird with a large head and long sharp beak, typically
diving for fish from a perch
Chapter 12
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Nettles-a plant with jagged sharp leave.
Foreboding-fearful apprehension that something bad will occur
Eluded-evade or escape from; to fail
Crochan-crockery or cauldron
Bilious-spiteful or bad tempered; causing vomiting and illness in stomach