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My Antonia Vocab 1-6
Term | Definition |
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ardent | devoted, passionate |
blustery | windy, gusty, blowy |
bravado | boldness, showiness |
impetuously | offhandedly, spantaneously |
patroness | a financial supporter |
solicitous | considerate, attentive |
desperado | an outlaw, a dangerous man |
encumbered | weighed down, overloaded |
jurisdiction | control, rule |
sinister | menacing, threatening |
undulating | smoothly rolling or waving |
covert | secretive |
decorum | proper behavior, correctness |
inflection | the way words are pronounced; intonation; rising and falling of the voice |
oracular | solemn, as if from an oracle |
strident | shrill |
vermilion | bright red |
entreatingly | pleadingly |
ravine | a dry riverbed |
uncouth | improper, impolite, without manners |
tawny | beige, light brown |
perplexity | a confused manner |
trundled | transported by a wheeled object like a wheelbarrow |
amber | golden brown in color |
indulgently | kindly |
ruddy | reddish-brown in color |
spry | active |