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Vocabulary:The Pearl

TermDefinition
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
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