Chapters+25+-+30

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 * 1) **bask:** to take pleasure in
 * 2) **callus:** a hard thickened area on the skin due to work
 * 3) **chink:** a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
 * 4) **churning:** to move about violently
 * 5) **coddle:** treat gently or pamper
 * 6) **concoction:** a combination of ingredients
 * 7) **dependent:** a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
 * 8) **encroaching:** gradually intrusive without right/permission
 * 9) **gnarled:** knotted, twisted, lumpy
 * 10) **infirm:** weak and feeble
 * 11) **insistent:** persistently continual
 * 12) **insomnia:** an inability to sleep
 * 13) **latrine:** a receptacle used as a toliet
 * 14) **malevolence:** wishing to do evil
 * 15) **moorings:** a device where an object is secured in place
 * 16) **pliant:** able to adjust readily to different conditions
 * 17) **plunder:** to take
 * 18) **poised:** balanced, suspended; calm, controlled; ready for action
 * 19) **rapt:** wholly absorbed as in thought; enraptured
 * 20) **raptors:** a bird of prey
 * 21) **requisition:** request to obtain supplies
 * 22) **retracted:** drawn back and in
 * 23) **shafted:** betrayed
 * 24) **slalom:** a downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles
 * 25) **tainted:** Spoiled or corrupted
 * 26) **template:** a model or standard for making comparisons
 * 27) **tentacles:** armlike structures
 * 28) **tenuous:** having little substance or significance
 * 29) **treachery:** an act of deliberate betrayal
 * 30) **uncanny:** beyond what is natural