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Journey to Topaz 4-8
Journey to Topaz Vocab Section II Chapters 4-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| guillotine | a device for beheading a person |
| bayonets | a daggerlike steel weapon |
| dutch door | a door consisting of two units horizontally divided so that each half can be opened or closed separately. |
| crevices | a fissure |
| curfew | an order establishing a specific time in the evening |
| bleak | bare |
| wistfully | longing; yearning. |
| savoring | a particular taste or smell. |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited trade; smuggling. |
| interval | an intervening period of time |
| tentatively | unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant |
| dejection | depression or lowness of spirits. |
| plaintively | expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful |
| dryly | not now containing or yielding water or other liquid; depleted or empty of liquid |
| bonsai | a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed |
| euphemism | the substitution of a mild |
| milling about | Slang . to beat or strike; fight; overcome. |
| ruefully | causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; |
| refugees | a person who flees for refuge or safety |
| ignorance | lack of knowledge |
| famished | extremely hungry: |
| engulf | to plunge or immerse |