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English Vocab

TermDefinition
Junctures A particular point in events or time
Debris Scattered pieces of waste or remains
Mottled Marked with spots or smears of color
Recumbent Lying down
Bindle A bundle of clothes or bedding
Morosely Sullen and ill tempered
Periscope An apparatus consisting of a tube attached to a set of mirrors or prisms by which an observer can see things that are otherwise out of sight
Thrashing Beat repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip
Pantomime A dramatic entertainment originating in Roman mime in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music
Imperiously Assuming power or authority without justification
Brusquely Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner
Dejectedly Sad and depressed
Cat House A brothel
Burlap Ticking Cloth case for a mattress made from a coarse, inexpensive, woven fabric
Vials A small container
Blacksmith A person who makes and repairs things in iron by hand
Skeptically In a skeptical manner, with doubt or hesitation
Liniment A liquid or lotion made with oil for rubbing on the body to relive pain
Stable Buck African American Man
Cultivator A person or thing that cultivates something
Cesspool An underground container for the temporary storage of liquid waste and sewage
Mollified Appease the anger or anxiety of someone
Calculating Acting in a scheming and ruthlessly determined way
Pugnacious Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight
Ominously In a way that suggests that something bad is going to happen
Derogatory
Tart
Plaintively
Contorted
Rouged
Bridled
Apprehensive
Gravity
Profound
Complacently
Derision
Receptive
Lynch
Rheumatism
Euchre
Kewpie Doll
Hoosegow
Alfalfa
Subsided
Entranced
Reprehensible
Reverently
Bemused
Whimpering
Harness
Riveter
Aloof
Fawning
Disarming
Conceal
Sullenly
Contemptuously
Averted
Appraised
Crestfallen
Consoled
Earnestly
Muffled
Writhed
Bewildered
Hovered
Sluggishly
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