Johnny Tremain Vocab #1-40
mrs. middleton's class:/
Terms
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- maudlin
- sentimentally weak; tearfully silly
- implicit
- unquestioning, implied
- stays
- a stiffened corset
- peals
- a loud, long sound
- placard
- a notice
- poultice
- soft mass of herbs applied to the body as medicine
- pious
- respect, reverence for God
- august
- inspiring reverence and admiration
- indolent
- lazy
- venerable
- inspiring reverence
- lamentable
- able to be regretted or pitied
- yokels
- unsophisticated people
- gluttony
- excessive eating
- atrophying
- decreased in size or failing to grow
- whist
- a card game
- apoplectic
- suffering from a severe stroke
- berated
- scolded sharply
- molestation
- hostile interference
- protuberant
- bulging out
- canny
- shrewd and cautious
- reek
- having an unpleasant smell
- flagon
- a container for liquids
- enigmatical
- hard to understand; perplexing
- entreaty
- an earnest request
- portly
- having a large body
- replete
- filled; fulfilled
- dismal
- dark and gloomy
- poulterer
- a person who raises chickens
- hypocritical
- insincere
- autocratic
- having absolute power or authority
- trifle
- having little importance
- annealing
- make less brittle by heat and gradual cooling
- seditious
- stirring up discontent
- insufferable
- unbearable
- piqued
- a feeling of anger at being slighted
- garrulous
- talkative
- esquire
- a title after a man's surname that shows respect
- mundane
- ordinary; of this world
- bilious
- cross; bad-tempered; suffering pain from the liver
- repent
- to feel sorry