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Vocabulary
A Christmas Memory
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| inaugurating | formally beginning |
| exhilarates | gladdens; excites |
| dilapidated | shabby; falling apart |
| paraphernalia | equipment; gear |
| sacrilegious | disrespectful toward religion |
| carnage | widespread killing; slaughter |
| prosaic | ordinary |
| disposition | usual frame of mind |
| suffuse | spread over |
| noncommittal | not admitting |
| stereopticon | old-fashioned kind of projector |
| biddy hen | hen; female chicken |
| chamber pot | before indoor plumbing, pot in bedroom |
| japonicas | flowering shrubs |
| festooned | decorated |
| burnishes | polishes |
| armada | group of warships |
| frozen rime | frost |
| satsumas | oranges |