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Walden Ch. 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Supersede | to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing. |
| Futurity | future time |
| Accustomed | customary; usual; habitual |
| Revery | a daydream |
| Indolence | causing little or no pain, sluggish |
| Cylindrically | of, pertaining to, or having the form of a cylinder |
| Embankment | a bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a roadway, etc |
| Heedlessly | careless; thoughtless; unmindful |
| Tantivy | a gallop; rush |
| Thither | on the farther or other side or in the direction away from the person speaking; farther; more remote |
| Fodder | to feed with |
| Protracted | to draw out or lengthen, esp. in time; extend the duration of; prolong. |
| Devised | to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas |
| Bowlders | boulder |
| Obstinacy | stubborn persistence |
| Modulated | to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down |
| Sagacity | to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down |
| Foreboding | a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc. |
| Expiating | make amends or reparation for |
| Threnodies | a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, esp. for the dead; dirge; funeral song. |
| Usnea | any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees. |
| Aldermanic | a member of a municipal legislative body, esp. of a municipal council. |
| Clangor | a loud, resonant sound; clang. |