"The Smallest Dragonby" Vocabulary

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Cosseting

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Treating someone with excessive care and protection; pampering or spoiling

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Tantalize

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To tease or torment someone by showing them something they want but cannot have

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Interval

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A space of time between events; a gap or break

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Jeered

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Made fun of someone in a cruel or mocking way; laughed at rudely

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Goaded

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Provoked or annoyed someone to make them react; pushed someone to do something

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Susurrus

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A soft murmuring or rustling sound, like whispers or leaves in the wind

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Plaintive

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Sounding sad and mournful; expressing sorrow or melancholy

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Ignominious

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Deserving disgrace or shame; humiliating

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Consternation

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Feelings of anxiety or dismay, often causing confusion

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Dissipate

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To disappear or scatter; to gradually fade away