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Trivial

Of very little importance or value

Retrieve

To get and bring back

Orphan

A child deprived by death of both parents

Executor

To put into effect; carry out

Squinting

Looking at something with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light

Engulfed

To flow over and enclose

Thick as thieves

Being close, secretive, and complicit with someone

Pigsty

A dirty or messy place

Chores

The regular or daily light work of a household

Perused

To examine or consider with attention and in detail

To be trifled with/trifled with

To treat or deal with (someone or something) in a way that shows a lack of proper respect or seriousness

Scraggly

Irregular in form or growth/unkempt

Wistfully

Full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy

Predicament

A difficult, __unpleasant__, or __embarrassing__ situation

Invigorated

To give life and energy to

To usher

To show someone where they should go, or to make someone go where you want them to go

Notorious

Generally known and talked of

Stagestruck

Very interested in the theater

Foil

Very thin sheet metal

Executioner

An official who carries out a sentence of death on a condemned person.

Scorched

Burned by flames or heat.

To recuperate

Recover from illness or exertion.

Obnoxious

Extremely unpleasant.

Solemnly

In a formal and dignified manner.

Dilapidated

(of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.