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Is He Living or Dead
reading vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| balmy | mild and refreshing; soft; soothing , gentle |
| assail | to attack vigorously or violently |
| remorse | deep and painful regret for wrongdoing |
| lamentations | expressing grief |
| primed | to prepare or make ready for a particular purpose or operation |
| phrase | to express or word in a particular way |
| literally | actually; without exaggeration or inaccuracy |
| doting | excessively fond |
| almshouse | a poorhouse |
| multitudinous | very numerous |
| ostensible severity | visible harshness |
| notorious | widely known |
| villa | a country residence or estate |
| veranda | a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery |
| tinged with | a slight degree of coloration |
| powwow | (among North American Indians) a ceremony, esp. one accompanied by magic, feasting, and dancing, performed for the cure of disease, success in a hunt, etc.; conversations |
| preamble | the introductory part of a statute, deed, or the like, stating the reasons and intent of what follows |
| trinket | anything of trivial value |