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9th ELA 452 Frhrenh
9th ELA HEARTH AND SALAMANDER Vocabulary Test 2 Lists
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| affirm | to declare positively |
| babble | to utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds |
| boulevard | a broad city street, often tree-lined and landscaped |
| centrifuge | a machine that spins to separate liquids, especially blood |
| confetti | small pieces of colored paper for parties |
| convolution | a form or part that is folded or coiled |
| degenerate | in a worse or lower condition |
| dentifrice | a substance to clean the teeth; toothpaste |
| drone | an idle person who moves off of others; mindless worker |
| figment | something invented, made up, or fabricated |
| gingerly | carefully or timidly |
| hearth | the floor of a fireplace |
| iambic | referring to a unit of rhythm that has one unstressed syllable, and then a stressed syllable |
| leviathan | something unusually large of its kind; often a sea monster |
| loom | a wooden frame for making fabric |
| luminous | emitting light |
| mallet | a short-handled hammer with a wooden head used to drive a chisel |
| medley | a mixture or jumbled assortment |
| melancholy | sad or persistently gloomy |
| minstrel show | a comic variety where white performers dressed in black-face performing African American songs |
| oblivion | total forgetfulness or mind-blank |
| parlor | a small sitting room for socializing |
| repose | a state of being at rest |
| salamander | a small lizard |
| serenity | a state of being unaffected, calm or peaceful |
| simmer | to be cooked gently or just below boiling point |
| tarnish | to dull the luster or shine of by exposing to air or something else; usually refers to metal or personality |
| tenant | someone who pays rent for land or property |
| umbrageous | providing shade; taking offence easily |
| venerable | commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, or position |
| tatters | torn and hanging pieces of cloth; shreds |
| thence | from that place; from there |
| anvil | smooth-topped iron block used for shaping metal |
| barge | a large flat-bottomed freight boat; rushing in |
| cavalcade | a small group of people on horseback |
| churl | a rude medieval English peasant, stingy |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants, deserted |
| glimmer | a dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; a trace |
| grail | anything touched by Christ at the Last Supper |
| hart | a deer that is hunted |
| hermit | one who isolates himself from society and lives alone |
| joust | to fight, but not to the death |
| nun | a woman who lives in a religious community |
| ominous | foretelling evil or harm |
| palfrey | a saddle horse, usually for a woman to ride, smaller |
| perchance | perhaps, possibly |
| recluse | a person who lives in solitude |
| rive | to tear apart or break into pieces |
| scullery | a small room, connected to a kitchen, where kitchen chores are done |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a deficiency of Vitamin C, causing gum disease |
| seneschal | a household manager or steward |
| siege | a land blockade |
| smite | to strike a heavy blow using a hand or tool |
| squire | a man who escorts a woman, an apprentice knight |
| steed | a spirited horse or stallion, used by a knight; a warhorse |
| tarn | a small lake in the mountains |
| tor | rocky peak or hill |
| valiant | possessing valor; brave |
| yonder | in or at that indicated place; over there |
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