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Cold Mountain Vocab
Cold Mountain Vocabulary terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rousing | to arouse from or as if from sleep or repose |
| Diversion | an attack or feint that draws the attention and force of an enemy from the point of the principal operation |
| Hunker | to settle in or dig in for a sustained period |
| ramrod | a rod for ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion |
| shod | furnished or equipped with a shoe |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| cravat | a band or scarf worn around the neck |
| opined | to express opinions |
| homeliest | plain or unattractive in appearance |
| rent | to split or tear apart or in pieces by violence |
| hennaed | to dye (as hair) with henna |
| spraddled | to go or walk with a straddling gait |
| chutney | a thick sauce of Indian origin that contains fruits, vinegar, sugar, and spices and is used as a condiment |
| cabriolet | a light 2-wheeled one-horse carriage with a folding leather hood, a large apron, and upward-curving shafts |
| bower | an attractive dwelling or retreat |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices |
| pullet | a young hen; specifically : a hen of the domestic chicken less than a year old |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| cicada | any of a family (Cicadidae) of homopterous insects which have a stout body, wide blunt head, and large transparent wings and the males of which produce a loud buzzing noise usually by stridulation |
| daub | to strike or touch lightly |
| smote | to strike sharply or heavily especially with the hand or an implement held in the hand |
| benighted | overtaken by darkness or night |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| millrace | a canal in which water flows to and from a mill wheel; also : the current that drives the wheel |
| fallow | of a light yellowish brown color |
| gelding | to deprive of a natural or essential part |
| jounce | to move in an up-and-down manner |
| scofflaw | a contemptuous law violator |
| sconce | a bracket candlestick or group of candlesticks; also : an electric light fixture patterned on a candle sconce |
| smirched | to make dirty, stained, or discolored |
| boughs | a branch of a tree |
| springhouse | a small building situated over a spring and used for cool storage (as of dairy products or meat) |
| subjugating | to bring under control and governance as a subjec |
| locution | a particular form of expression or a peculiarity of phrasing |
| cowed | to destroy the resolve or courage of |
| swoon | FAINT |
| crinoline | an open-weave fabric of horsehair or cotton |
| drollness | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
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kyoff
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