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crevasse |
a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth's surface, etc |
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glacier |
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers. |
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despair |
loss of hope; hopelessness |
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prone |
having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed;liable |
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taut |
tightly drawn; tense; not slack |
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pummeled |
to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists |
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reconnoiter |
to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes. |
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frantically |
desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied. |
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unendurable |
capable of being endured; bearable; tolerable |
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astonished |
to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze |
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imbecile |
Informal. a dunce; blockhead; dolt |
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unconsciously |
not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition |
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venture |
an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one |
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citadel |
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege |
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spellbound |
bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated |
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presuming |
to take for granted, assume, or suppose |
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chimney (mountain defintion) |
to ascend or descend (a chimney) by repeated bracing of one's feet or back and feet against opposite walls. |
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apprentice |
a person who works for another in order to learn a trade |
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lifeline |
a line, fired across a ship or boat, by means of which a hawser for a breeches buoy may be hauled aboard. |
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embedded |
to fix into a surrounding mass |