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Flashcards by tommarlin15, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by tommarlin15
about 12 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Ambled | to walk at a slow, leisurely pace |
| apothecary | pharmacist |
| assuaged | to lessen or to calm |
| beadle | deputy or constable;lower in rank than a sheriff |
| brethren | members of a particular church or sect |
| corsets | a ladies’ undergarment that restricts in order to produce a slimmer waist, bust, or hips |
| dictum | a formal statement of principle |
| domicile(d) | a house or a place where a person lives |
| eaves | the lower edges of a roof which usually project beyond the sides of the building |
| foray | to go somewhere and do something unusual |
| human chattels | slaves |
| impotent | powerless |
| impudent | shamelessly bold |
| malevolent | evil |
| picket | a pointed or sharpened pole or stake |
| piety | devotion to religious duties and practices |
| predilection | preference or a preferred way of doing something |
| ramrod | rigid, severe, straight |
| vapid | boring and uninteresting; empty |
| scold | a person who finds fault with people or things |
| spittoon | a jarlike container usually used to spit tobacco into |
| strictures | conditions or rules |
| tacitum | almost always silent |
| unsullied | untouched, unused, uncorrupted |
| veranda | a portico or porch with a roof |
| auspicious | favorable |
| melancholy | sad and gloomy |
| quelling | to quiet or peacify |
| suppernogs | sweet table grape made in the south |
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