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8 Rdg Unit 1 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aloof | withdrawn; keeping to oneself |
| astonied | bewildered, shocked |
| beat | area regularly covered by a police officer |
| betokening | indicating |
| blancmange | a cornstarch pudding |
| bric-a-brac | small ornament object |
| Brooke | Laurie's private teacher |
| bully | excellently |
| chastisement | punishment |
| comeliness | attractiveness |
| complacently | matter-of-factly |
| conservatory | greenhouse |
| delft-blue | a style of glazed earthenware pottery, usually blue and white, originally made in Delft, Netherlands |
| demoralized | disheartened; discouraged |
| disconcerted | unpleasantly surprised |
| drawing-room | a large room for greeting guests |
| esteemed | regarded with respect |
| evolutions | changes |
| fancy | imagination |
| fender | screen |
| flagged | declined in strength |
| for'd | forward |
| grizzled | streaked with or partly gray |
| half nelson | a wrestling hold |
| inexplicably | incapable of being explained |
| johnny cake | cornmeal bread shaped into a flat cake |
| lankest | longest |
| Laurie | nickname for Theodore Laurence |
| little guy | one who was resembled the rag dolls representing the British traitor Guy Fawkes |
| liveried | uniformed |
| mutton | meat from a sheep |
| paddocks | fields |
| paling | fence posts |
| pinafore | sleeveless garment like an apron over a dress |
| plodder | a slow or deliberate individual |
| proposition | matter to be dealt with |
| racket | move with a loud distressing noise |
| redoubtable | frightening; intimidating |
| regent | board member |
| reveled | took great delight |
| sack | loose coat |
| sacking | wrapper made from brown paper |
| scandalizing | sallied out |
| scuttle | pail |
| sell | disappointment |
| smartly | forcibly, sharply |
| spartan | simple; avoiding luxury |
| stalwart | sturdy |
| tartly | sharp or bitter in tone or meaning |
| titular | in name only |
| traipsing | walking or tramping about |
| travail | agony |
| vivacity | liveliness |
| wattles | crude shelters constructed of woven twigs and branches |
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Mrs_CC
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