admonish = to seriously reprove a behavior or warn of a fault, adobe = baked bricks, avail = to help or benefit to reach a goal: use
blasphemy = something said or done profanely, bravado = false courage, brunt = main force of a blow
churning = agitating or moving quickly, composure = calmness, contorted = twisted in an unusual shape, cuckold = man with an unfaithful wife
desecrated = violating something sacred or respected, disquietude= lack of peace or tranquility or unrest, drone = an monotonous sound
eddies = whirlpools in a stream, exuberant = joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic
flagellation = whipping as a punishment, forage = food for animals by browsing or grazing and also a search for provisions, foreboding= an omen or prediction and a sense of doom, forsake = to abandon or give up something
glint = a flash: sparkle, grotto = action considered immoral
hobble = impede horses legs by tying them and to move unsteadily, horde = big group or crowd
impending= ready to occur or happen, interminable = endless and esp. wearisomely dragged out
melee = confused fight or struggle, mortal = capable of causing death: deadly and unpardonable, mote= a tiny speck
obscure = not well known and dim or gloomy
penance = a religious sacrament and a punishment or atoning for sins, perdition = damnation, posole = spicy Mexican dish
quiver = move with trembling movements
resolution = a solution to a problem
shirk = avoid or evade an obligation, stagnant = water or air that with movement or flow, stoic = appearing to be unaffected by emotional pain or pleasure, subside = sink to the bottom and to settle down
tenaciously = stubbornly or persistently, torment = anguish: intense suffering, transfixed = held motionless in amazement or awe etc.
vagabond = a wanderer without a fixed home and/or a tramp
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