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Vocabulary:The Pearl
Term | Definition |
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Parable | short story designed to teach a lesson, religious principle, or moral lesson |
Plaintively | mournful; expressing sorrow or melancholy |
Avarice | insatiable greed for riches |
Indigent | impoverished; lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty |
Suppliant | humble or earnest in entreaty or petition |
Estuary | mouth of river where current meets sea’s tide |
Bulwark | any person or thing giving strong support or encouragement in time of need, danger, or doubt |
Undulating | to move with a wave-like motion; rising and falling or side-to-side alternation of movement |
Speculatively | characterized by contemplation or abstract reasoning |
Incandescence | the quality of being intensely bright; brilliant |
Semblance | outward aspect or appearance |
Precipitated | separate solide from a solution |
Lucent | shining |
Benediction | a form of blessing pronounced by a minister |
Subjugation | the act of bringing under control; enslavement |
Dissembling | to give a false or misleading appearance; to conceal the truth or real nature of |
Clamored | to make a loud outcry |
Furtive | sly or shifty |
Consecrated | sacred |
Cozened | cheated, deceived, or tricked |
Countenanced | approved, supported, or tolerated |
Stalwart | sturdy, muscular |
Benign | kind; good hearted |
Legerdemain | magical tricks; sleight of hand |
Collusion | secret agreement; conspiracy |
Coagulating | thickening; clotting |
Lethargy | dullness or laziness |
Searing | burning and hardening |
Edifice | structure |
Keening | wailing for the dead, or mourning |
Pivoting | turning |
Irresolution | indecision or hesitation |
Escarpment | steep cliff/drop |
Petulant | irritable or peevish |
Intercession | the making of prayers or pleas on behalf of someone else |
Germane | closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent/relevant |
Ulcerous | corrupt or rotting |
Malignant | dangerous or deadly; evil |