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Trumpet of the Swan
Vocabulary from Trumpet of the Swan
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| boggy | an area of soft, wet earth and decayed vegetation |
| serenely | calm, peaceful |
| candidly | honestly |
| stealthy | secretly |
| disinclined | unwilling |
| peculiar | unusual; weird |
| seized | grab suddenly |
| countenance | facial expression |
| bestow | to apply or place |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| impractical | not workable |
| malodorous | having a bad smell |
| immaculate | completely neat and clean |
| bide | to wait |
| acquaintance | someone you know personally but is not officially your friend |
| succumbed | to give up |
| intensity | great energy and strength |
| idyllic | perfect; extremely happy; peaceful; picturesque |
| onerous | involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is strenuous or burdensome |
| peninsula | a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides |