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The Blue Cross Vocab
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| waistcoat | a vest |
| ruff | a frilly or lacy collar |
| colossus | a person of exceptional importance and reputation;someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful |
| Gascon | a boastful person, a braggart;or a person who is from the French area Gascony |
| athletic humor | ability to amuse others stems from bodily actions |
| infinitesimally | immeasurably or incalculably tiny |
| grenadier | a member of the British Grenadier guards |
| dais | raised platform |
| conspicuous | easy to notice,obvious |
| statuesque | suggestive of a statue in grace, proportion, or dignity |
| disinterred | having been dug up or removed, as from a grave |
| conscientiously | governed by or accomplished according to conscience;careful |
| regularize | to make regular,to cause to conform |
| islet | a little island |
| unfathomably | not able to be understood;not able to fully measured or explored |
| orthodox | adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith;customary practice or belief |
| inarticulate | uttering without the normal use of intelligible speech |
| scrutinize | to examine or observe with great care |
| irrelevance | the state of having no application or effects in certain circumstances |
| palatial | of or suitable for a palace |