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O. Henry Vocabulary
Test 12/18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| implication, indication | imputation |
| thrifty, good with money | parsimony |
| use up | beggar |
| Salvation Army | medicancy squad |
| referring | appertaining |
| reduce, decline in value | depreciate |
| searching everywhere | ransacking |
| flashy, tacky | meretricious |
| inspection | scrutiny |
| enthusiastic | ardent |
| passing through | traversing |
| courteous, kind, nice | chivalric |
| winds | zephyrs |
| anxiously | solicitously |
| sneered | scoffed |
| disapproval, disgust | contempt |
| ridicule | derision |
| gloomy | morbid |
| chatterbox | flibbertigibbet |
| inhabitants | denizens |
| being aware | cognizant |
| hardship | rigor |
| flight, journey | hegira |
| charitable | eleemosynary |
| interfere | meddle |
| judge for minor criminal cases | magistrate |
| humble | ignoble |
| pleasurable | epicurean |
| noticeable | conspicuous |
| foolishly | fatuously |
| brightly lit | transplendent |
| nonsense | gibberish |
| meeting | trysting |
| donors | philanthropists |
| head servants | seneschals |
| medieval | feudal |
| patron, giver of aid | benefactor |
| followers | myrmidons |
| changes | vicissitudes |
| flower | fuchsias |
| interpreted | construed |
| decrease | wane |