Blight means ruin and disaster. Words and phrases that indicate and support this meaning are: "the last bitter hour" (denoting death), "stern agony, and shroud, and pall" (also denoting death, but this time in an even more literal way), "breathless darkness", "make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart" (these phrases definitely imply a disaster that takes our breath away).
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I am not sure but I think the answer is the interest rate (e.g. 2% interest)
Answer:
Greedy
Explanation:
The word in itself essentially means greed. Hope this helped!
<span>But when spring came, rich and warm, we raised our sights again.
</span><span>Success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold, and our campaign got off to a good start.
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