Vocab
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- Rheumatism
- any disorder of the extremities or back characterized by stiffness
- Lumbered
- to move ponderously
- Belligerently
- warlike
- Aristocracy
- government ruled by upper class
- Small
- softly
- Staunch
- dependable
- Lethargy
- lack of energy
- Bemused
- bewildered
- Stilted
- stiffly dignified
- Complacently
- a feeling of quiet pleasure
- Blithe
- joyous without regard
- Inadvertantly
- unintentional
- Skitter
- to glide or skip lightly
- Peruse
- to read carefully
- Rendezvous
- a meeting planned at a certain time and place
- Aloof
- at a distance
- Symbol
- anything that represents something else
- Conducive
- tending to produce
- Indignation
- strong displeasure at something considered unjust
- Impending
- about to happen
- Vacuous
- empty, lacking in ideas, stupid
- Appreciation
- gratitude
- Slough
- an area of soft muddy ground or a condition of dispair
- Precede
- to come before
- Ingress
- the act of entering
- Derision
- use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
- Perfunctory
- done routinely
- Malaise
- a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort marking onset of disease
- Interminable
- incapable of being terminated
- Pomegranate
- many-seeded fruit
- Beseech
- to implore urgently
- Whim
- an odd notion or freakish fancy
- Obtuse
- not sharp (intellect)
- Revel
- to take great pleasure or delight
- Estate
- transfer
- Draught
- a serving of drink
- Castellated
- architecture, built like a castel
- Reprehensible
- to voice disapproval
- Ominously
- threatening
- Sedition
- rebellious disorder
- Juncture
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- Emanating
- to flow out, issue
- Fawning
- to attempt to please
- Mollified
- appeased
- Complexion
- natural color of a persons' skin
- Concur
- to agree
- Reap
- To cut, gather
- Writhe
- to twist the body about
- Morosely
- gloomily
- Plaintively
- mournful
- Bate
- subtract, withhold, or except
- Immediately
- precisely or exactly
- Derogatory
- tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing
- Secluded
- sheltered or screened from general activity
- Paraphernalia
- equipment, apparatus, personal belongings
- Jovial
- full of joy
- Receptive
- to absorb, or admit
- Bade
- offered
- Propitiatory
- intended to reconcile or appease
- Apathy
- lack of passion
- Cesspool
- any filthy receptacle or place; a sewer
- Clamorous
- vigorous in demands or complaints, offensively loud
- Fates
- the inevitable events predestined by this force
- Perplexed
- bewildered
- Pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- Mottle
- A colored spot
- Hermetic Seal
- airtight seal
- Iridescent
- producing rainbow like colors
- Egress
- the act of going out
- Woodenly
- without spirit, animation, or awareness-dull stupid
- Nobility
- a privileged class holding hereditary titles
- Nymphs
- a girl, especially a beautiful one
- Chasm
- an abyss or gorge
- Vicinity
- the area or region near or about a place
- Steep
- immerse, saturate with a quality
- Lapse
- a slip, or error, accident
- Relish
- pleasurable appreciation of anything; liking
- Linger
- delay fulfillment; postpone
- Apprehension
- suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil
- Wisps
- a small bunch as of straw, hair, or grass
- Economical
- avoiding waist
- Mackinaw
- a short double breasted coat
- Impartial
- not particular
- Protest
- vow, promise
- Douse
- to plunge into water
- Droned
- to talk in a persistently dull or monotonous tone
- Contemplate
- to consider thoroughly
- Interchange
- exchange or trade
- Pert
- lively, spirited
- Brittle
- frail
- Threshold
- the sill of a doorway
- Miser
- a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
- Foment
- to promote development
- Profusely
- abundant, in great amount
- Boisterous
- rough, violent, noisy
- Pantomime
- the art or genre of displaying a story with bodily movements
- Feeble
- frail
- Scanty
- meager
- Reverently
- feeling of deep respect
- Infinitude
- The state or quality of being infinite; an immeasurably large quantity, number, or extent; an infinite quantity
- Respect
- Regard
- Abject
- utterly hopeless, miserable
- Urbane
- reflecting elegance
- Imperiously
- marked by arrogant assurance