1. Scythe (pg 153)- An agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand. 2. Sclera (pg 156)- A dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
3. Abattoir (pg 161)- A slaughterhouse.
4. Conflate (pg 162)- To fuse into one entity; merge.
5. Feral (pg 166)- Existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
6. Litany (pg 174)- a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
7. Palimpsest (pg 175)- A parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
8. Primordial (pg 175)- Constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original.
9. Irrevocable (pg 175)- Not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable.
10. Spasmodic (pg 177)- Pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
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