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TTM C6 Vocab
Vocabulary Words for Chapter 6 of The Time Machine
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| manifestly | clearly shown or visible; easy to understand or recognize |
| shrinking | quickly moving away from something shocking, frightening, or disgusting |
| pallid | very pale in a way that suggests poor health; having a pallor |
| half-bleached | partially lost its color |
| zoological | about the study of animals |
| filthily | very dirty; disgusting; offensive |
| sympathetic | having pleasant or appealing qualities |
| appreciate | to understand the worth or importance of something |
| disordered | not working in a normal, healthy way |
| oppressed | made to feel sad or worried for a long period of time |
| vermin | small insects and animals (such as fleas or mice) that are sometimes harmful to plants or other animals and that are difficult to get rid of |
| shirks | avoiding doing something that you are supposed to do |
| penetrating | entering, piercing, or pervading; going into |
| appalled | caused to feel fear, shock, or disgust |
| insecurity | feeling nervous and uncomfortable; unsure |
| afield | away from home; away from here or there |
| character | a set of qualities that make a place or thing different from other places or things |
| façade | the front of a building, often a false front that gives the impression that the building is shaped differently |
| Oriental | of, relating to, or from Asia and especially eastern Asia (Just as a note, it’s considered racist to use this word to refer to people. We use it to refer to things, like a rug.) |
| lustre | a glow of reflected light (the American spelling is ends in "er") |
| porcelain | A hard, white substance that is very delicate and that is made by baking clay. We sometimes also call it china. We make tea sets and dolls out of it, among other things. |
| aspect | the way a person, place, or thing appears |
| minded | having a desire or intention to do something |
| circuit | a circular path or trip |
| hold over | put on hold |
| self-deception | lying to yourself |
| enable | made someone or something able to do or to be something |
| resolved | made a definite and serious decision to do something |
| disconcerted | confused, upset, or embarrassed |
| piteous | deserving or causing feelings of sympathy or pity |
| opposition | action that is done to stop or defeat someone or something |
| nerved | gave courage or strength |
| agonized | showing mental or physical pain or agony |
| reassure | to make someone feel less afraid, upset, or doubtful |
| unstable | not held in a secure position; likely to move or fall |
| effected | caused to produce the desired result |
| acutely | very sharply and strongly |
| discomfort | an uncomfortable or painful feeling in the body |
| slender | very narrow; not wide |
| throb | to beat with a strong, steady rhythm |
| roused | caused someone who is tired or not interested to become active |
| stooping | walking or standing with your head and shoulders bent forward |
| abnormally | unusual from what is average, especially in a way that causes problems |
| abysmal | Usually this means “extremely poor or bad,” but it comes from the words “abyss,” which is a word for a gigantic pit or seemingly bottomless hole. Wells is describing the fish that live in deep sea trenches. |
| rayless | having, admitting, or emitting no rays; dark |
| gutters | low areas at the sides of roads that are used to catch water and carry it away from the road |
| unaided | not helped |
| flight | running away |
| fell away | to diminish gradually in size; to drift off a course |
| spectral | ghost-like |
| stuffy | lacking fresh air |
| halitus | a breath or vapor |
| vista | a distant view through or along an avenue or opening |
| carnivorous | Meat-eating. Carne! |
| furnish | to provide with what is needed |
| joint | a large piece of meat for roasting |
| unmeaning | lacking intelligence; vapid; stupid |
| lurking | being in a hidden place; waiting in a secret or hidden place especially in order to do something wrong or harmful |
| ill-equipped | not well prepared |
| absurd | extremely silly, foolish, or unreasonable; completely ridiculous |
| infinitely | having no limits |
| appliances | ways they make practical use of things |
| arms | weapons |
| frightfully | very strongly |
| Kodak | a brand of camera |
| endowed | freely or naturally provided |
| economize | to use money, resources, etc., carefully |
| novelty | something that is new or unusual |
| lank | not well filled out; slender, thin |
| odour | a particular smell (the American spelling has no "u") |
| disengaged | separated |
| plucking | pulling something quickly to remove it |
| nauseatingly | causing you to feel like you are going to vomit |
| inhuman | not human |
| lidless | having no lid |
| pump | a machine that moves fluids around |
| giddy | dizzy |
| peering | looking narrowly or curiously; especially looking searchingly at something difficult to discern |
| well-nigh | almost or nearly |
| swam | had a floating or reeling feeling |
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