Words you have to look up:

you cannot conclude their meaning; so look them up in your dictionary and find the correct meaning in this particular context.

(The line numbers refer to the printed text handed out in class.)


detritus (5):

deceitful (11); deceit (16)

sloping (13)

pasture (14)

churn (20)

severity (38)

explicate (39)

cove (60)

vertex (62)

rage (72)

clank (73)

porpoise (78)

to lunge (80)

rabid (87)

griddle (89)

clamor(ing) (89)

decay (90)

sulky (91)

flapjack (93)

blissful (94)

snug (96)

sturdy (99)

preen (100)

malicious (105)

gloating (110)

drought (143)

bobtailed (146)

confound (158)

shear pin (161)