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Ishi and Two Worlds
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| emaciate | make unnaturally thin |
| unwonted | not customary/rare |
| diffidence | shyness |
| groundless | without basis or reason |
| tentative | experimental |
| subsequent | following a time order |
| posterity | all generations succeed |
| adjacent | next to; adjoining |
| barrage | heavy attack |
| stereotype | cast in a form |
| pantomime | way of communicating by gesture |
| hysteria | wild, uncontrolled excitement |
| patronize | act helpful in a snobby way |
| lurid | startling |
| anthropology | study of man |