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AIW 10-19
VOCAB 1 FOR ALICE IN WONDERLAND
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| contemptuous | feeling or showing scorn; despising another |
| construe | interpret; to show meaning |
| livery | special uniform provided for servants,or adopted by a group of profession |
| hookah | common in the orient, a tobacco pipe with a tube |
| titter | laugh in a restrained manner because of nervousness |
| comfit | a piece of candy containing a nut or piece of fruit |
| pretext | to conceal the truth from someone with a false reason |
| usurpation | the seizing and holding of the place of power by force |
| gravely | serious, earnest, thoughtful |
| loveliest | beautiful, endearing |