a breach in the embankment of a river or canal

A mass of ice formed from compacted snow from a mountain

The complete loss or absence of hope

Lying flat, especially face downward

Stretched or pulled tight

Strike repeatedly, typically with the fists

To inspect, observe, or survey

Desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, and pain

Not able to be tolerated or endured

To fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder

 Stupid

Not conscious

An undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one

A fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege

Bound by or as if by a spell

Presumptuous

To ascend or descend 

A person who works for another in order to learn a trade

A line, fired across a ship or boat, by means of which a hawser for a breeches buoy may be hauled aboard

To fix into a surrounding mass