vocab
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- besmirch
- sully, soil
- nuance
- a subtle distinction or variation
- lares and penates
- household gods
- Harry
- to make a pillaging or destructive raid
- snowbird
- any of several birds (as a junco or fieldfare) seen chiefly in winter
- toady
- one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors
- supercilious
- coolly and patronizingly haughty
- willawaw
- a sudden violent gust of cold land air common along mountainous coasts of high latitudesb
- Locofoco
- a member of a radical group of New York Democrats organized in 1835 in opposition to the regular party organization
- escapade
- a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct
- ingenue
- a naïve girl or young woman
- limpid
- marked by transparency