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Vocabulary for 3
Sonata for Harp and Bicycle, The Gift of the Magi, & One Ordinary Day w/ Peanuts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| intruding in a sneaking way | encroaching |
| in a teasing way | tantalizingly |
| sneaky | furtive |
| threatening | menacing |
| return | reciprocate |
| passionate | ardent |
| light, thin, and filmy | gossamer |
| absurd | preposterous |
| produced | engendered |
| unlikely to happen | improbably |
| urges on; stirs up | instigates |
| reduce in value | depreciate |
| waterfall | cascade |
| pure or clear in style; not ornate | chaste |
| attractive in a cheap, flashy way | mereticious |
| ruins | ravages |
| tactful; respectful | discreet |
| gave out; radiated | irradiated |
| hung about; lingered | loitered |
| trying; attempting | endeavoring |
| in a threatening way | ominously |
| jostled; knocked about | buffeted |
| unable to be satisfied | insatiable |
| sign foretelling a future event, either good or evil | omen |
| rude; impolite | impertinent |