Ethan Frome Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| affable | pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to |
| austere | severe in manner or appearance |
| beleaguer | to surround or harass, as with troubles |
| declivity | a downward slope, as of ground |
| demure | characterized by shyness and modesty |
| drone | speaking in a monotonous tone; a continuous low humming sound |
| efface | to wear away or wipe out |
| felicitous | marked by happiness or good fortune |
| gaunt | extremely thin and bony, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied or appeased |
| latent | present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential |
| oblique | not straight or direct, as a course |
| opulence | abundance, as of resources or goods |
| poignant | keen or strong in mental appeal; affecting or moving the emotions |
| querulous | characterized by constant complaint |
| reticence | disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved |
| scintillating | characterized by being animated or vivacious |
| supersede | to cause to be displaced or set aside |
| tenuous | thin or slender in form, barely attached |
| undulant | wavelike in motion or pattern |
| wistful | having unfulfilled longing or yearning |
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