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shashliks
shish kebab
samovars
metal urns used for boiling tea (Russian)
full of prance
lively
veneer
a thin layer of fine wood laid on top of inferior wood
Victrola
record player
retaining fee
fee for hiring a lawyer
Sing Sing
state prison in New York
bombasting
using inflated or loft language
ordinance
city regulation
Segowlee cantonment
British military station in India
scuttled
scurried
draggled
wet and dirty
bungalow
a one-story house with a low-pitched roof
veranda
porch
cowered
shrank
Brahm
the supreme god of the Hindus
snakeling
small snake
gait
manner of movement
providence
a God-sent gift
sluice
drain
purchase
advantage
flesh brush
for bathing
singed
burned
valiant
courageous
consolation
comfort
piping
chirping
town crier
one who shouts public announcements
demise
death
genial
friendly
menace
threat
poised cobra
one ready to strike
curriculum
courses
sadist
one who delights in curelty
amiable
friendly
bobbed
moved up and down
pulverize
pound
absurd
silly
feint
fake
jab
punch
falsetto
high
geyser
spray
shambling
shuffling
squeamish
sickened
valor
courage
meager
few
superbly
exceptionally
indiciment
a legal document charging a person with a specific offense
chateau
French manor house
terminus
end
alleviate
to make more bearable
cogs
the teeth in a wheel or gear
Legation
the minister and staff who represent the interests of a specific government in a foreign country
obdurate
hardhearted; stubborn
appallingly
frightfully
furtive
with hidden motives or purposes
commute
change the penalty to a lower one
scaled
climbed
ineffectual
powerless
Chairs
portable chairs on which a rider sits while being carried by two porters
coolies
porters
looting
violent robbing on a large scale
composed
calm
deterred
prevented
pillaged
thoroughly robbed
amied
during
carnage
great slaughter
fortitude
strength to bear pain with courage
meager
few
out of hand
immediatley
sacked
stripped of valuables
retort
reply
assailed
violently attacked
perils
dangers
summoned
sent for
harangued
delivered long speeches to
repulsed
pushed away
persisted
firmly continued
quiver
tremble
detained
delayed
sickle
tool with a curved blade and short handle
transpired
happened
desultory
random
furtively
secretly
procured
obtained
infested
overun
Lactogen
prepared baby formula
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