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Ethan Frome Vocab
Ethan Frome vocabulary all of the words from the book
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Conspicuous | Easily seen. |
| Oracle | Agency of divine communication. |
| Melancholy | Gloomy |
| Exanimate | Lifeless |
| Deciduous | Not permanent |
| Mein | Demeanor |
| Sardonic | Mocking |
| Beleaguered | To surround with trouble. |
| Innocuous | Harmless |
| Anecdote | A short account. |
| Querulously | Full of complaints. |
| Capitulate | To give up. |
| Insurmountable | Not able to be overcome. |
| Poignant | Strong |
| Sentient | Conscious |
| Spume | Foam |
| Obscurity | Unknown |
| Tactiturn | Inclined to silence. |
| Chafed | To irritate. |
| Colloquial | Informal language/ conversation. |
| Reticent | Reluctant |
| Allusion | Reference |
| Assent | To agree. |
| Undulations | A wavelike motion. |
| Peristyle | An open space, surrounded by a colonnade. |
| Furrows | A depression in the face or to make a wrinkle in the face. |
| Tenuous | Thin or slender in form. |
| Declivity | A downward slope. |
| Impudent | Shameless or brazenly immodest. |
| Effrontery | Barefaced audacity. |
| Demurred | Shy or modest. |
| Fatuity | Complacent stupidity. |
| Oblique | Not straight or direct. |
| Intangible | Not definite or clear to the mind. |
| Efface | To wipe out or do away with. |
| Obstinate | Stubborn; not easily controlled. |
| Incisive | Remarkably clear and direct. |
| Aprrehension | Anticipation of misfortune. |
| Discern | To detect. |
| Loutish | ill-mannered, graceless. |
| Cutter | Light sleigh. |
| Incredulous | Skeptical |
| Irresolutely | Unsurely |
| Pantomime | Acting without speaking/ gestures. |
| Elude | Escape |
| Disdainfully | Proudly or arrogantly. |
| Misgivings | Feelings of doubt or despair. |
| Faltered | Stammered |
| Indignation | Anger stirred up by unjust. |
| Larches | Pine trees. |
| Suffused | Spread over or through. |
| Quavered | Shook or trembled. |
| Prolonged | Expansion of scope. |
| Tremulous | Affected by timidity. |
| Repugnant | Disgusting |
| Scintillating | Sparkling or dazzling. |
| Draughts | Cold gust of wind. |
| Indentured | Contracted one person to work for another. |
| Barren | Nothing, empty. |
| Imperceptible | Unable to be sensed. |
| Tangible | Real, able to be felt. |
| Merino | Soft wool |
| Sedentary | Idle |
| Thrice | 3 times. |
| Valise | A suitcase. |
| Laden | Loaded |
| Preclude | To rule out. |
| Plaintively | Sadly |
| Sorrel | A reddish, brown animal. |
| Flux | Continuous change or flow. |
| Pretext | An act to hide one’s real intentions. |
| Imprudence | Lacking discretion or judgement. |
| Unfounded | Not based on fact. |
| Inarticulate | Lacking the ability to express yourself. |
| Marrow | The inmost or essential part. |
| Cessation | A temporary or complete stopping. |
| Convivial | Friendly |
| Volubility | Fluent or talkative. |
| Pathological | Morbid, caused by disease. |
| Inevitable | Unavoidable |
| Forebodings | Bad predictions, omens. |
| Feigned | Pretended |
| Scrupulous | Meticulously |
| Opulence | Wealth |
| Genial | Gracious |
| Cupulo | Vaulted ceiling. |
| Roan | Reddish colored horse. |
| Discomfiture | Embarrassment. |
| Epitaph | Inscription on a tombstone. |
| Unbidden | Uninvited |
| Contagion | The spreading of an attitude. |
| Insatiable | Impossible to satisfy. |
| Implored | Begged |
| Disconsolate | Gloomily |
| Subdued | Hushed, quieted. |
| Indolent | Lazy |
| Gaunt | Extremely thin. |
| Countenance | An appearance or expression. |
| Wainscot | A paneling for walls. |
| Languid | Lazily, slowly. |
| Stoicism | An indifference to pleasure and pain. |
| Ominous | Having a menacing or frightening aspect. |
| Loth | Reluctant |
| Squalid | Dirty and degraded. |
| Ministrations | Attention |
| Perfunctory | Routinely, automatically. |
| Ponderous | Heavy and slow-moving. |
| Heedless | Unaware; oblivious. |
| Aver | To prove. |
| Deigned | Lowered to a level considered inappropriate to maintaining one's dignity. |
| Mused | Considered thoughtfully. |
| Derision | Ridicule; scorn. |
| Consecrated | Dedicated to a specific purpose; devoted. |
| Felicitous | Pleasant, delightful. |
| Succumb | To yield to an overpowering force. |
| Resolute | Bold and steady. |
| Foist | To impose (force) a burden on someone. |
| Recrimination | A counter accusation; returning one accusation with another. |
| Checked | Stopped |
| Inexorable | Unchanging |
| Vehemence | Intensity |
| Peril | A source of possible harm; danger, risk. |
| Antipathy | Dislike |
| Abhor | To hate strongly; to loathe. |
| Smote | Attacked sharply. |
| Compunction | Anxiety from guilt. |
| Wrath | Anger |
| Ingratiatingly | Pleasantly, agreeably. |
| Regaled | Entertained, amused. |
| Affibility | Pleasantness. |
| Desolately | Joyless, sadly. |
| Emitted | Uttered, voiced, expressed. |
| Evocation | The act of calling forth, evoking. |
| Injuction | A command, direction. |
| Huckabuck | A coarse fabric. |
| Ebullition | A sudden outburst. |
| Benevolence | Good will or deeds. |
| Lumbago | A severe backache. |
| Oxydized | Rusted; decayed. |
| Curtly | Using a short and rude tone. |
| Mottlings | Clumps; blotches. |
| Boles | Trunks of trees. |
| Facetious | Funny, humorous. |
| Uncouth | Plain; not fancy; common. |
| Adjured | Pleaded |
| Discursively | Off the subject. |
| Feint | A pretension; ploy. |
| Contemptulously | Boldly |
| Audacity | Boldness, arrogance. |
| Exultantly | Joyfully, happily, jubilantly. |
| Avowal | A declaration. |
| Heeded | Obeyed. |
| Cowered | Crouched, cringed, recoiled. |
| Drone | A continuous monotonous sound. |
| Slatternly | Drab and dirty. |
| Swarthy | Dark |
| Austere | Somber and grave. |
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