The Horse and His Boy
Vocabulary

6 uses

Well, as soon as he saw Corin and me, it seems this Centaur looked at me and said, A day will come when that boy will save Archenland from the deadliest danger in which ever she lay.

centaur = a mythical being that is half man and half horse

2 uses

...it is very grievous to be constrained to keep our hands off such a dainty dish as Narnia.

constrained = restricted in action

3 uses

2 meanings, 2 uses

4 uses

"O enlightened Vizier," said the Tisroc, "bestow your wisdom upon us concerning this strange proposal."

enlightened = having important knowledge or understanding

5 uses

I was only a foal at the time.

foal = a young horse

1 use

For nothing is more suitable to persons of gravity and decorum than to endure minor inconveniences with constancy.

gravity = importance (weightiness) or seriousness

3 uses

4 uses

In the name of Tash the irresistible, the inexorable.

inexorable = unstoppable

14 uses

He could see the mane and ears and head of his horse quite easily now.

mane = long coarse hair that grows on the back of the neck of a horse (or around the head of a lion)

3 uses

...the land of Narnia was covered with ice and snow and was moreover ruled by a most powerful enchantress.

moreover = in addition to what has just been said

2 uses

Moreover he is at least sixty years old and has a hump on his back and his face resembles that of an ape. Nevertheless my father, because of the wealth and power of this Ahoshta, and being persuaded by his wife, sent messengers offering me in marriage,

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

3 uses

Nevertheless, in consideration of your youth and the ill nurture, devoid of all gentilesse and courtesy, which...

nurture = help to develop

5 uses

Several other travellers were before them on the bridge, mostly peasants driving laden donkeys and mules or carrying baskets on their heads.

peasants = persons of low income, education, and social standing  (used historically to primarily describe those who raised crops or livestock)

4 uses

To the right there were rocky pinnacles, one or two of them with snow clinging to the ledges.

pinnacles = mountain peaks (the highest points of the mountains)

1 use

But at last with a great creaking and sighing he heaved up his enormous body, signed to the slaves to precede him with the lights, and went out.

precede = go before

5 uses

...by the law of nations as well as by all reasons of prudent policy, we have as good right to your head as ever one mortal man had against another.

prudent = careful and sensible

7 uses

If I'm not to hold on by the reins or by your mane, what am I to hold on by?

reins = straps used to control a horse

1 use