The Catbird Seat Vocab
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- 1. A flat, rectangular tray with handles at sides 2. A large mound of earth place over a burial site
- barrow
- capable of making an error
- fallible
- a loud, harsh donkey cry
- bray
- 1. Marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred 2. Vulgar; coarse
- profane
- to deprive a person of courage or the power to act as a result of fear or anxiety
- appall
- a small fault
- peccadillo
- the coming or arrival, especially of something important
- advent
- something that is gained as an objective; something achieved
- attainment
- dealing with a person in a superior manner; treating people as inferior
- patronizing
- a small entrance hall or passage between the outer door and the interior of a house
- vestibule
- a pair of metal supports used for holding up logs in a fireplace
- andirons
- a bottle-shaped wooden club swung in the hand for gymnastic exercise
- Indian Club
- shaped or moulded
- wrought
- greatly perplexed
- bewildered
- all those persons who are not members of a given profession or other specialized field
- laity
- to support with proof or evidence; verify
- substantiate
- 1. faded or dull in appearance 2. dull or commonplace in character; dreary
- drab
- obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means
- surreptitiously
- a curse
- imprecation