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Novel vocab
Mrs. Lapp
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bureau | A chest drawers |
| dismissive | Feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration |
| refineries | An industrial facility that removes impurities or unwanted elements from a substance by processing it |
| artillery | Large-calliber guns used in warfare in land |
| winced | To give a slight grimace or shrinking movement caused by pain and distress |
| staggered | To walk or move unsteadily as if about to fall |
| reeled | To feel very confused, typicaly as a result of an unexpected setback |
| Truncheon | A short stick carried by a police officer |
| Summoned | Urgently demanded |
| Melodious | Pleasant sounding |
| ethereal | Heavenly or spiritual. |
| kerchief | a piece of fabric use to cover the head |
| deserters | Members of the armed forces who abandon the job |
| Infidels | people who are not religious |
| apocalyps | The complete destruction of the world |
| hijab | A head covering worn by Muslim women |
| lull | a temporary lack of activity |
| throng | a larglly densely packed crowd of people |
| pedestal | a base of sport |
| Shabbos | Jewish Sabbath ( Yiddish term) |
| dissident | A person who opposes official policy |
| enormous | very large; huge |
| Ominous | Giving the impression that something bad is going to happen |
| Lurched | To make an abrupt, unsteady movement |
| Churliish | Rude in a mean spirited way |
| Pandemonium | wild, noisy disorder |
| ransacked | to go quickly through a place and destroy things |
| reeled | to lose ones balance and stagger |
| capsized | to overturn in the water |
| haphazard | lacking orginization |
| prow | bow of the boat |
| kafan | Muslim burial cloth |
| incoherently | confusing or unclear speech |
| terra-cotta | Brownish red clay used as decoration |
| flotilla | a fleet or ships of boats |
| oblivious | not aware of surrounding |
| mutiny | rebellion against authorities |
| helmsmen | a person who steers a ship |
| makeshift | serving as a temporary substitute |
| even-keeled | calm and coherent |
| Co--conspirators | A person who takes part in a secret plan with another person |
| cauldron | large- metal pot with a lid |
| Asylum | The protection granted by a nation |
| euphoria | A feeling of intense hapiness |
| miraculously | in a miraculously and extremely lucky manner |
| slucing | rinse with a stream of water |
| distraught | deeply upset |
| whiff | A smell that is only smelled briefly |
| ornate | decorated with complex patterns |
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