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- as she wanders the windswept moor, the novel's heroine vows that she will never marry the vicar
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- a mysterious figure who was said to have haunted the moors of southwest England
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of moor (Entry 2 of 2)
- moored the boat to the dock
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- extract,
- prize,
- pry,
- pull,
- root (out),
- tear (out),
- uproot,
- wrest,
- yank
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“Moor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moor. Accessed 24 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of moor was before the 12th century
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