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TTM C7 Vocab
Vocabulary Words for Chapter 7 of The Time Machine
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sustaining | supporting |
| impeded | slowed |
| simplicity | stupidity |
| malign | causing or intended to cause harm |
| loathed | hated very much |
| pit | a big hole in the ground |
| incomprehensible | impossible to understand |
| degree | amount |
| villainy | evil behavior or actions |
| sufferance | A situation where you get what you have not because it’s yours or you deserve it, but because no one has taken it away from you. |
| intolerable | too bad, harsh, or severe to be accepted |
| maintained | caused them to exist or continue without changing |
| habitual | used on a regular basis |
| paws | touches or hits someone or something with a paw or foot |
| sport | a physical activity (such as hunting, fishing, running, swimming, etc.) that is done for enjoyment |
| departed | existing in the past |
| organism | an individual living thing |
| Nemesis | an opponent or enemy that is very difficult to defeat |
| anew | over again; once more; in a new or different form |
| reacquainted | made to be familiar with something again |
| meditations | extended thoughts or periods of thought |
| prime | the most active, thriving, or satisfying stage or period |
| fastness | a place that is difficult to get to or that can be easily defended if it is attacked |
| refuge | shelter or protection from danger or trouble |
| practicable | able to be done or used |
| dexterous | having or showing great skill or cleverness |
| pinnacles | a tower on the roof of a building that comes to a narrow point at the top |
| reckoned | calculated or guessed |
| eccentric | strange or unusual |
| withered | became dry and weak |
| mallows | a type of plant with attention-grabbing flowers |
| contrived | made happen in a clever way or with difficulty |
| expectation | anticipation; waiting for something |
| remote | far away |
| preternaturally | very unusually in a way that does not seem natural |
| hither | to this place |
| thither | to that place |
| invasion | entering a place you are not wanted |
| burrows | holes or tunnels in the ground that animals (such as rabbits or foxes) make to live in or for safety |
| Faun | a creature in Roman mythology that is part human and part goat |
| acacias | a shrub or tree that grows in warm regions and that has white or yellow flowers |
| brow | the projecting upper part or margin of a steep place |
| boles | trunks |
| imperceptible | impossible to see or notice |
| tattered | old and torn |
| streamer | a long, narrow flag |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| Sirius | a star of the constellation Canis Major that is the brightest star in the heavens, also called the Dog Star (This is where we get the phrase “the dog days of summer.”) |
| amid | in or into the middle of something |
| scintillating | sparkling or shining brightly |
| dwarfed | made something look very small or unimportant when compared with something else |
| gravities | very serious qualities or conditions |
| terrestrial | relating to or occurring on the earth |
| unfathomable | so deep as to be impossible to understand; bottomless |
| precessional | describing the way the axis of the Earth moves |
| cycle | a complete circle of movement (sort of) |
| describes | makes a motion or draws a line that shows the shape of something |
| aspirations | strong desires to achieve something high or great |
| ancestry | line of descent; lineage, especially honorable, noble, or aristocratic descent; a person's ancestors; the people who were in your family in past times |
| whiled | caused to pass especially without boredom or in a pleasant manner |
| dozed | slept lightly |
| peaked | being pale and wan or emaciated; sickly |
| overtaking | moving up to and past (someone or something that is in front of you) by moving faster |
| flung | threw or pushed something in a sudden and forceful way |
| wherewith | by which |
| dainty | small and pretty |
| rill | a very small brook |
| suchlike | sharing qualities or characteristics |
| discriminating | able to recognize the difference between things that are of good quality and those that are not; liking only things that are of good quality |
| prejudice | a feeling of like or dislike for someone or something especially when it is not reasonable or logical |
| deep-seated | existing for a long time and very difficult to change |
| cannibal | a person who eats the flesh of human beings or an animal that eats its own kind |
| torment | something that causes extreme physical or mental pain |
| preyed | hunted down and killed for food |
| rigorous | very strict and demanding |
| watchword | a word or phrase that expresses a rule that a particular person or group follows |
| fullness of time | at some point; eventually |
| scorn | harsh criticism that shows a lack of respect or approval for someone or something |
| degradation | the act or process of damaging or ruining something (The Time Traveller is saying the Elois' intelligence had been ruined.) |
| perforce | necessarily or must be done |
| sharer | one who shares |
| procure | to get something by some action or effort |
| torch | a long stick with material at one end that burns brightly |
| contrivance | a machine or piece of equipment made with skill and cleverness |
| battering ram | a large and heavy piece of wood or other material that is used to hit and break through walls and doors |
| schemes | clever and often dishonest plans to do or get something |
| dwelling | a place where a person lives |
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