TKAMB Vocab Test 3
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- Dog-Trot Hall
- a covered passageway between two parts of a building
- Interdict
- prohibition; restraint
- Dim
- unclear; not strong
- Treble
- high
- Passé
- old-fashioned
- Mortify
- humiliate; embarrass
- Azaleas
- a colorful and decorative flower
- Providence
- the care of God
- Jew's Harp
- a small musical instrument that is played by plucking a piece of metal while holding the instrument in one's mouth
- Indecision
- you can't decide what to do
- Isolate
- set apart from others
- Roomer
- persons who rent and live in rooms in a house
- Crooned
- to sing in a low, gentle tone
- Decreed
- an official order
- Siblings
- brothers and/or sisters
- Vaguely
- to be unclear or not precise
- Gastric
- of, in, or near the stomach
- Ambrosia
- a desert made up of a mixture of fruits, nuts, and coconut
- Oppressive
- overbearing; hard to put up with
- Trousseau
- all the new clothes a bride brings to her marriage
- Doused
- to pour liquid, in this case water, all over a person
- Obsess
- greatly preoccupy
- Meteorological
- anything to do with meteorology
- Subdued
- someone who has been ******* has been soothed or softened and made less intense
- Caricatures
- a representation of a person where certain features of that person are exaggerated or disorted
- Relic
- something of historic interest that has survived from the past
- Erratically
- strangely; different than normal
- Guilelessness
- ***** is craftiness and cunning in dealing with other. to be ********* is to have none of that craftiness.
- Tranquil
- calm
- Plate
- dentures; dental plate
- Compensation
- to pay for something or to make up for something
- Tartly
- sharply
- Provocation
- to excite some sort of feeling; often anger or irritation
- Attributes
- characteristics; qualities of a person or thing
- Inordinately
- too great or too many
- Ingenuous
- simple; innocent
- Catwalk
- a narrow, elevated walkway
- Pantry
- a small room or closet off the kitchen where foodstuffs and cooking ingredients are stored
- Reconnaissance
- examination
- Camisole
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment, usually worn under a sheer blouse
- Hookah
- a oriental tobacco pipe with a flexible tube that draws smoke through a bowl of water
- Gingerly
- carefully; cautiously
- Mausoleum
- a large, imposing tomb
- Arbor
- an outdoor area shaded by trees or, in this case, scuppernong vines on a lattice
- Syringe
- a device with a rubber bulb on one end and a narrow tube on the other: used to inject or extract fluids from body cavities
- Plaited
- braided
- Bawled
- cried out noisily
- Corncribs
- a corncrib is a small structure used to store corn
- Wary
- to be cautious on your guard against something
- Taffeta
- a lustrous, stiff fabric, often used for women's dresses, especially formal wear
- Prophet
- someone able to predict the future
- Fanatical
- a person whose extreme enthusiasm, interest, zeal, etc. goes beyond what is reasonable
- Essence
- fundamental nature; most important quality
- Calomel
- a laxative; often used as a cure for intestinal worms
- Undulate
- to move in waves or in a wavy manner
- Near Libel
- to harm someone's reputation
- Tentatively
- to be hesitant or unsure
- Jetty
- a type of wall built out into water to protect a coastline or restrain currents
- Alist
- tilted to one side