LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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bravely, courageously
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causing shock and horror
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a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
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twisting and turning in pain
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Detailed explanation-1: -intransitive verb. If you writhe, your body twists and turns violently backward and forward, usually because you are in great pain or discomfort. He was writhing in agony. Synonyms: squirm, struggle, twist, toss More Synonyms of writhe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Synonyms of writhe. transitive verb. : to twist into coils or folds. : to twist so as to distort : wrench. : to twist (the body or a bodily part) in pain.
Detailed explanation-3: -twisting about or squirming, as from pain, violent effort, uncontrolled passion, etc.: I saw a big red-tailed hawk carry a writhing blacksnake across the sky.
Detailed explanation-4: -From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwrithe /raɪð/ verb [intransitive] to twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering painwrithe in pain/agony etc He lay writhing in pain.