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Memoir Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| memoir | a personal story |
| splinter | a small piece of wood/glass, etc |
| avalanche | 1. a mass of snow, rocks, and ice falling from a mountain 2. A sudden appearance of a lot of vocabulary |
| insulate | 1. to protect something with material 2. make land into an island |
| puce | dark red/brownish purple color |
| date (fruit) | A sweet elliptical fruit |
| scant | 1. barely sufficient 2. Deal with inadequately |
| ethereal | 1. delicate, too perfect for the world 2. having diethyl as a solvat |
| lichen | 1. simple, slow growing plant that grows on rocks, walls, and tress 2. skin disease in which small pimples appear |
| grapple | 1. engage in a close fight without weapons 2. seize or hold with a grappling hook |