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Pearl Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| detachment | lack of emotion or of personal interest; the act or process of separating something form a larger thing |
| plaintively | expressing suffering or sadness;having a sad sound |
| strenuous | requiring or showing great energy and effort |
| indigenent | lacking money; very poor |
| avarice | a strong desire to get something like money |
| indigene | a native person |
| stout | thick and strong; having a large body that is wide with fat or muscles |
| suppliant | a person asking for something humbly with respect or seriousness |
| bulwark | something that provides protection form or against something |
| poultice | a soft, usually heated substance that is spread on cloth and then placed on the skin to heal a sore or reduce pain |
| obscured | not well-known; not known to most people |
| undualting | to move or be shaped like waves |
| hummock | a small hill |
| specualte | guessing to create an idea about what might happen or be true rather than on fact |
| adhered | to attach firmly to something |
| incandescene | glowing |
| gloating | bragging in an improper or selfish way |
| almsgiver | people who give money to the poor |
| lust | desire |
| disparagement | to describe (someone or something) as unimportant, weak, bad, etc. |
| prophecy | a statement that something will happen in the future |
| transfigured | to change the appearance of something or someone |
| subjugation | to defeat and gain control of (someone or something) by the use of force; to conquer and gain the obedience of (a group of people, a country, etc.) |
| concealed | to hide (something or someone) form sight; to keep (something) secret |
| discontentedly | not happy with your situation, position, etc.; not contented |
| in audilble | impossible to ear; not audible |
| crooning | to sing (a song) in a low soft voice |
| cozened | trick or decieve |
| belched | to let our air from the stomach through the mouth very loudly; to push or throw (something) out with force |
| benign | not causing death or serious; not causing harm or damage |
| gloom | partial or total darkness; a feeling of sadness |
| legerdemain | skill using your hands to perform magic tricks |
| contemptous | feeling or showing deep hatred or disapproval; feeling or sowing contempt |
| perplexed | unable to understand something clearly or to think clearly |
| monstrosity | something (such as a building( that is very large and ugly) |
| brooding | very serious and sad |
| entranced | that act of entering something |
| lethargy | a lock of energy or a lack of interest in doing things |
| crafty | clever in usually a deceptive or dishonest |
| exhilaration | a feeling of great happiness and exitement |
| scuttling | to move quickly and with short steps |
| edifice | a large and usually impressive building (such as a church or government building) |
| monotonously | used to describe something that is boring because it is always the same |
| sinsister | having an evil appearance; looking likely to cause something bad, harmful, or dangerous to happen |
| sentinel | a soldier who guards a door, gate, etc. |
| irresoluion | hesitancy; uncertaincy |
| petulant | having or showing that attitude of people who become angry and get annoyed when they do not get what they want |
| germane | relating to a subject in an appropriate way; relevant |
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