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Lugubrious

• Adjective
• Meaning  
• mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner
• exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful

chilblain

• Noun
• Meaning
• An inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture.

 Pagan

• Noun
• Meaning  
• A member of a religious, spiritual, or cultural community based on the worship of nature or the earth; a neopagan.
• A follower of a polytheistic religion

 Palisade

•  Noun
•  Meaning  
• A fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
• (Verb) to furnish or fortify with a palisade.

Parry

• Verb
• Meaning  
• to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
• to turn aside; evade or dodge:·