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Dies Drear Chap 8-13
House of Dies Drear Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aloofness | the quality or state of being distant, cold, or uninterested; indifference |
| bemused | bewildered or confused. lost in thought; preoccupied. |
| brooding | preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts cast in subdued light so as to convey a somewhat threatening atmosphere |
| conceal | to hide |
| gauge | to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure. |
| cumbersome | burdensome; troublesome. unwieldy; clumsy. |
| malice | desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness |
| ornate | elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so |
| shrewd | astute or sharp in practical matters keen; piercing. |
| specter | a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition. |