lick a power out let
A horrendous time is correct I believe. Not true. It's an horrendous time. At least in English. The colonists often use their own poor version of the language.
Adaptations means of how a living thing gets used to it's habitat . ^-^
perky can mean a lot of different things. it can mean skiny it can mean big boobs i know a girl called perky and as a name it means bumchugga
Something that can dissolve. A substance that is water-soluble can be dissolved in water.