Ch. 18-28 Vocabulary (Multiple Choice)

to decrease, lessen, or retreat

• recede
• refuge

hardened or toughened

• calloused
• condemned

to worry or fear greatly

• dread
• defiance

small amounts or intervals

• writhed
• increments

experimental medicine or recipe

• condemned
• concoctions

twisted, as if in pain

• writhed
• recede

resisting authority

• dread
• defiance

a poisonous liquid

• venom
• concoctions

doomed or blamed

• condemned
• refuge

a safe place

• recede
• refuge