A Game of Thrones: Chapters 13–24

by George R.R. Martin
Lord Ned Stark is summoned to serve as an advisor to the King of Westeros, setting in motion a sweeping saga of courtly intrigue, military battle, and fire-breathing dragons.

Here are links to our lists for the novel: Prologue–Chapter 12, Chapters 13–24, Chapters 25–36, Chapters 37–48, Chapters 49–60, Chapters 61–72

Here are links to our lists for other volumes in A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Dance with Dragons
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  1. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
    It is strong as steel, yet lighter and far more flexible, and of course utterly impervious to fire.
  2. whetstone
    a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives
    My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind . . . and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
  3. abashed
    feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
    Abashed, Robb sheathed his sword, suddenly a child again.
  4. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
    She looked at Ser Rodrik with his great white whiskers, at Maester Luwin in his grey robes, at young Greyjoy, lean and dark and impetuous.
  5. wheedle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
    "She wasn't hungry," Sansa said, knowing full well that her sister had probably stolen down to the kitchen hours ago and wheedled a breakfast out of some cook's boy.
  6. concede
    acknowledge defeat
    "Now, wolf girl, if you can put a name to me as well, then I must concede that you are truly our Hand's daughter."
    Dressed as a knight, Lord Renly is playfully challenging Sansa, so the idea of acknowledging defeat if she can put a name to him is not out of place. But a definition that's a better fit for the example sentence is "acknowledge as true, just, or proper, often unwillingly."
  7. niggardly
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
    "I had not thought you so niggardly. The king I'd thought to wed would have laid a wolfskin across my bed before the sun went down."
  8. dexterous
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
    She could not bend the last two fingers on her left hand, and the others would never again be dexterous.
  9. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
    He had been a sly child, but after his mischiefs he always looked contrite; it was a gift he had.
  10. solicitude
    a feeling of excessive concern
    "Good lady," Varys said with great solicitude. "There are men in the Free Cities with wondrous healing powers.
  11. admonition
    a firm rebuke
    "Nothing holds an edge like Valyrian steel," Littlefinger said as Varys sucked at his bleeding thumb and looked at Catelyn with sullen admonition.
    "Admonition" also means "cautionary advice about something imminent"--Catelyn had admonished Varys with the words "Careful" and "it's sharp" but she had said this after he had already picked up the dagger and ran his thumb along the edge; this is why he is now giving her a scolding look. However, as the master of whisperers who knows everything, he could also be giving her a look of warning about the truth of the dagger's owner.
  12. derision
    contemptuous laughter
    He had beaten everyone that Ser Alliser had sent against him, yet it gained him nothing. The master-at-arms served up only derision.
  13. ineptitude
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
    "I can only stomach so much ineptitude in any one day. If the Others ever come for us, I pray they have archers, because you lot are fit for nothing more than arrow fodder."
  14. solitude
    the state or situation of being alone
    If he must be alone, he would make solitude his armor.
  15. colossal
    so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
    Centuries of windblown dirt had pocked and scoured it, covering it like a film, and it often seemed a pale grey, the color of an overcast sky . . . but when the sun caught it fair on a bright day, it shone, alive with light, a colossal blue-white cliff that filled up half the sky.
  16. sentry
    a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
    The gaunt outlines of huge catapults and monstrous wooden cranes stood sentry up there, like the skeletons of great birds, and among them walked men in black as small as ants.
    Compare with "sentinel" in the list for the Prologue-Chapter 12--the words are synonymous, but "sentinel" is used as an adjective to describe trees. Although the sentinel trees belong to a godswood, the description of them sounds as much like equipment for war as the catapults and cranes standing like sentries on the Wall.
  17. mockery
    showing your contempt by derision
    Let them see that their words can cut you, and you'll never be free of the mockery.
    Compare with "derision" in this list. Both example sentences connect to Jon, who struggles to find his place on the Wall until he gets some advice: here from Tyrion, who's known derision and mockery all his life, and earlier from the one-armed armorer Donal Noye, who tells Jon that the reason the other boys mock him is "you act like you're better than they are" and warns what this attitude will lead to: "one of your brothers will slit your throat for you one night."
  18. disconcerting
    causing an emotional disturbance
    Renly had been a boy of eight when Robert won the throne, but he had grown into a man so like his brother that Ned found it disconcerting.
  19. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
    "Lord Arryn was a prudent man, but I fear that His Grace does not always listen to wise counsel."
  20. extravagance
    excessive spending
    "This tourney is an extravagance the realm cannot afford."
  21. intrigue
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
    He had no taste for these intrigues, but he was beginning to realize that they were meat and mead to a man like Littlefinger.
  22. lecherous
    given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity
    Follow me, and try to look a shade more lecherous and a shade less like the King's Hand.
  23. molder
    decay or break down
    "A fool I may be, Stark . . . yet I'm still here, while your brother has been moldering in his frozen grave for some fourteen years now. If you are so eager to molder beside him, far be it from me to dissuade you, but I would rather not be included in the party, thank you very much."
  24. despise
    look down on with disdain or disgust
    It would not be the first time that Ned had been forced to make common cause with a man he despised.
  25. sentimental
    marked by tender, romantic, or nostalgic emotion
    Petyr Baelish smiled. "I am desperately sentimental, sweet lady. Best not tell anyone. I have spent years convincing the court that I am wicked and cruel, and I should hate to see all that hard work go for naught."
    Petyr assures Catelyn that he had helped her because he is "marked by tender, romantic, or nostalgic emotion" (for the years they'd grown up together and for the love he once had for her), but Ned's doubt suggests that Petyr is actually being "effusively or insincerely emotional."
  26. prodigious
    very impressive; far beyond what is usual
    Tyrion had heard that elsewhere along the Wall, between the three fortresses, the wildwood had come creeping back over the decades, that there were places where grey-green sentinels and pale white weirwoods had taken root in the shadow of the Wall itself, but Castle Black had a prodigious appetite for firewood, and here the forest was still kept at bay by the axes of the black brothers.
    Compare with "colossal" in this list. The two adjectives can be synonymous, especially since both example sentences connect to descriptions about the Wall; but "colossal" is used to describe the Wall itself, which is so huge that it is awesome, while "prodigious" is used to describe one of the Wall's castles' appetite for wood, which is huge, but does not deserve awe.
  27. insolent
    marked by casual disrespect
    "You will rue this insolent behavior, young lady, I promise you that.”
  28. provocation
    unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
    "If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within the fortnight. Try not to stab your sister, whatever the provocation."
  29. hospitality
    kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
    Magister Illyrio had urged him to wait in Pentos, had offered him the hospitality of his manse, but Viserys would have none of it.
  30. revile
    spread negative information about
    He has no coin and the only knight who follows him reviles him as less than a snake.
Created on Tue Dec 10 14:28:06 EST 2013 (updated Mon Oct 01 17:00:58 EDT 2018)

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