Unknown Words (Analysis)

perseverance (p. 12, l.11):

   my guess:                 ambition

   dictionary meaning: continued effort and determination

eternity (p.30 l.11):

   my guess:                 endlessness

   dictionary meaning: time which never ends or which has no limits

doomed (p.30 l.11):

   my guess:                  to be cursed

   dictionary meaning: certain to suffer

                                 likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome

ointment (p.89 l.8):

     my guess:                  something like medicine

   dictionary meaning: a thick oily substance, usually containing medicine, which is put on the skin where it is sore or where there is an injury, in order to cure it

unbearable (p.103 l.3):

   my guess:              awfully

   dictionary meaning: too painful or unpleasant for you to continue to experience

mirage (p.121 l.18):

   my guess:                 dream

   dictionary meaning: an image, produced by very hot air, of something which seems to be far away but does not really exist

resemble (p.134 l.23):

   my guess:                    to look like

   dictionary meaning: look like or be similar to another person or thing

(to) flake away (p.159 l.47):

   my guess:                  -

   dictionary meaning: fall off in small pieces

 outraged (p.172 l.11):

   my guess:                   shocked

   dictionary meaning: (especially of an unfair action or statement) to cause someone to feel very angry