tkmb ch21-31
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- gait
- pace, walk
- crap games
- a gambling game played with two dice
- rout
- defeat
- yaws
- an infectious contagious tropical disease
- statute
- law
- staccato
- distinct; sharp and crisp
- feral
- wild; savage
- largo
- direction used in music which means "a a slow tempo"
- smockin'
- decorative stitching used to gather cloth
- hypocrites
- people who pretend to be something they are not
- divinity
- white fudge made from whipped egg whites, sugar and
- commutes
- changes; makes less severe
- vague
- not clearly felt; somewhat subconscious
- cynical
- person that often believes or makes fun of someone else
- industry
- work, especially on a steady basis
- dry
- clever but subtle
- pinioned
- confined; held down
- veneer
- attractive outer surface
- forest primeval
- forest that had been untouched or unchanged by man
- infantile
- childish
- remorse
- feeling of regret and guilt
- notoriety
- fame
- indignant
- angry
- repertoire
- accomplishments or special skills
- impertinence
- disrespect
- boil-prone
- inflamed; pus-filled swelling on the skin
- furtive
- secret
- roly-poly
- bug that curls itself into a ball
- hock
- joint bending backward in the hind leg of an animal like a pig
- reprimand
- scold
- devout
- devoted to religion
- bellows
- a machine that allows air to be pumped through a system
- scowling
- facial expression or look of displeasure
- wryly
- humorously; slightly sarcastic
- carcass
- body
- exhilarated
- cheerful, merry
- furtive
- sneaky
- fatalistic
- a person that accepts the event as though it were inevitable
- sulky
- moody
- wisteria
- twinning woody vines with large clusters of flowers
- charged the jury
- to give instructions before deliberating
- acquit
- clear of a charge; find not guilty
- squalid
- miserable; wretched
- railing
- painful
- heathen
- unenlightened; without religion or morals
- squalor
- filth
- irascible
- angry
- blandly
- smoothly; without excitement
- brevity
- shortness
- vehement
- full of emotion and strong feeling
- ruefully
- regretfully
- nondescript
- dull; with no special or interesting qualities
- spurious
- something that resembles an object but does not have the qualities of that thing
- earworms
- larva of a warm; ruins plants
- maiden ladies
- women who never married
- eccentricities
- odd behavior
- recluse
- someone who stays away from society and the company of others
- climbers
- people trying to move into a different social class
- charlotte
- desert made with fruit in a mold that is lined with pieces of bread or cake
- wary
- cautious
- mocker
- mockingbird
- apprehension
- fear
- bovine
- cow-like
- connived
- secretly cooperated or agreed to
- florid
- very flowery in style; elegant