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Peter's vocab.
vocabulary words from Diary of Anne Fank
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress |
| hymm | a song of praise to God |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| lordship | the rank or dignity of a lord —used as a title |
| intimate | to make known especially publicly or formally |
| embroidery | the art or process of forming decorative designs with hand or machine needlework |
| meticulously | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| intruition | the act of intruding or the state of being intruded; especially : the act of wrongfully entering upon, seizing, or taking possession of the property of another |
| gauntlet | a glove worn with medieval armor to protect the hand |
| convulsive | resembling a convulsion in being violent, sudden, frantic, or spasmodic |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| contribute | to give or supply in common with others <contribute money to a cause |
| toscanini | It's a person |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| disgruntled | to make ill-humored or discontented —usually used as a participial adjective |
| apprehension | the act or power of perceiving or comprehending <a person of dull |
| halfheartedly | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| forlorn | bereft, forsaken |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| vague | not clearly expressed : stated in indefinite terms |
| stealthily | slow, deliberate, and secret in action or character |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| chrysanthemums | any of various composite plants (genus Chrysanthemum) including weeds, ornamentals grown for their brightly colored often double flower heads, and others important as sources of medicinals and insecticides |
| purgatory | a place or state of punishment wherein |
| muffled | to wrap up so as to conceal or protect |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack; also : something resembling such an attack |
| indignant | feeling or showing anger because of something unjust or unworthy |
| inferiority | situated lower down |
| hysterical | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral functions |
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