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TTM C9 Vocab
Vocabulary Words for Chapter 9 of The Time Machine
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ere | before |
| impending | hovering threateningly; menacing |
| calamity | an event that causes great harm and suffering |
| irritable | becoming angry or annoyed easily |
| scrub | stunted trees or shrubs |
| insidious | causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed |
| rather | to some degree or extent |
| abandon | leave and never return to |
| reluctantly | feeling or showing doubt about doing something; not willing or eager to do something |
| atrocious | very evil or cruel; very bad; horrifying |
| ingenious | very smart or clever; having or showing ingenuity |
| absence | the condition where something is not present or does not exist |
| temperate | having temperatures that are not too hot or too cold |
| climate | a region with particular weather patterns or conditions |
| tropical | places where there is no frost or snow all year |
| districts | areas or sections that have some special characteristic or purpose |
| vegetation | plants in general; plants that cover a particular area |
| smoulder | burning slowly without flames but usually with smoke (the American spelling has no “u”) |
| fermentation | a chemical change that involves gas being released |
| restrained | prevented a person or animal from doing something |
| struggles | violent efforts |
| plunged | thrust or cast oneself into or as if into water; acted with reckless haste; entered suddenly or unexpectedly |
| adjacent | close or near; sharing a border, wall, or point |
| accustomed | familiar with something so that it seems normal or usual |
| grimly | without flinching or giving in; having a very serious appearance or manner; causing feelings of sadness or worry; gloomy or depressing |
| fizzed | made a hissing or sputtering sound |
| fright | fear caused by sudden danger; sudden fear |
| knelt | past tense of kneel |
| murmur | a low sound made when many people are speaking |
| company | a group of persons or things |
| maneuvering | making a series of changes in direction and position for a specific purpose |
| encamp | set up and use a camp |
| carbuncles | red jewels (such as a garnets) that are cut into a rounded shape |
| whoop | a high, loud sound expressing enthusiasm or excitement |
| foliage | the leaves of a plant or of many plants |
| weary | lacking strength, energy, or freshness because of a need for rest or sleep |
| exertion | physical or mental effort |
| slumberous | heavy with sleep |
| nod | to make a quick downward motion of the head whether deliberately (as in expressing assent or salutation) or involuntarily (as from drowsiness) |
| closed with | came near, especially so as to engage with an enemy force |
| bitterness | feeling severe pain, grief, or regret |
| indescribably | impossible to describe |
| monstrous | extremely or unusually large; very wrong or unfair; very ugly, cruel, or vicious; like a monster |
| overpowered | defeated by force |
| nipping | pinching; biting |
| thrust | made a sudden, strong, forward movement at someone or something with a weapon |
| succulent | full of juice; moist |
| exultation | a feeling of great happiness and excitement |
| pitch | the highness or lowness of a sound |
| battered | beaten with successive blows so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish |
| incessant | continuing without stopping; not stopping |
| agape | having the mouth open because of wonder, surprise, or shock |
| outflanked | moved around the side of something, such as an opposing force, to attack from behind |
| weird | mysteriously strange, like a fantasy story or something supernatural |
| beheld | looked at; saw |
| hillock | a small hill |
| tumulus | an artificial hillock or mound, like over a grave; a burial mound |
| surmounted | stood at the top of |
| hawthorn | a type of bush or small tree with white or pink flowers and small red fruits |
| writhing | twisting your body from side to side |
| encircling | forming a circle around |
| bewilderment | being very confused |
| crippling | disabling permanently |
| absolute | complete and total |
| quivering | shaking because of fear, cold, nervousness, etc. |
| elude | avoid or escape someone or something by being quick, skillful, or clever |
| stayed | stopped from continuing |
| about | on all sides; around |
| to and fro | from one place to another |
| uncanny | strange or unusual in a way that is surprising or difficult to understand; supernatural |
| coiling | winding into rings or spirals |
| uprush | an upward rush (as of gas or liquid) |
| canopy | something that hangs or spreads out over an area |
| thrice | three times |
| dim | not mentally bright; stupid; not perceiving clearly and distinctly; not seen clearly |
| massacre | the violent killing of many people |
| abominations | things that cause disgust or hatred |
| remnant | the part of something that is left when the other parts are gone |
| damned | condemned by the Christian God to suffer eternal punishment in hell |
| pulsated | made strong and regular beats, sounds, flashes, etc. |
| internally | coming from inside |
| lame | having an injured leg or foot that makes walking difficult or painful |
| trouser | related to a pair of pants |
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