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Ethan Frome
10 Honors Vocab Review
Question | Answer |
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affable | pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to |
austere | severe in manner or appearance |
beleaguer | to surround or harass, as with troubles |
declivity | a downward slope, as of ground |
demure | characterized by shyness and modesty |
drone | speaking in a monotonous tone; a continuous low humming sound |
efface | to wear away or wipe out |
felicitous | marked by happiness or good fortune |
gaunt | extremely thin and bony, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture |
insatiable | incapable of being satisfied or appeased |
latent | present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential |
oblique | not straight or direct, as a course |
opulence | abundance, as of resources or goods |
poignant | keen or strong in mental appeal; affecting or moving the emotions |
querulous | characterized by constant complaint |
reticence | disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved |
scintillating | characterized by being animated or vivacious |
supersede | to cause to be displaced or set aside |
tenuous | thin or slender in form, barely attached |
undulant | wavelike in motion or pattern |
wistful | having unfulfilled longing or yearning |