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ENGLISH VOCAB 9-2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| receding | becoming more distant |
| disarming | removing or lessening suspicions or fears |
| prolonged | extended |
| imprudent | unwise |
| surmounted | overcame |
| unruffled | calm not disturbed |
| invariably | always without changing |
| diverting | entertaining |
| impulse | sudden desire to do something |
| prodtruding | sticking out |
| purdeys | british manufacture of hunting equpiment |
| indolently | lazily |
| brier | tobacco pipe made from the root of brier bush or tree |
| opaqueness | here, darkness |
| flushed his quarry | drove the animal he was hunting out of its hiding place |
| chateau | larger country house |
| astrakhan | curly fur of young lambs |
| cossack | member of the group from the ukraine many of whom served as horsemen to the russian czars and were famous for their fierce battles |
| amenities | comforts and conveniences |
| cosmopolite | knowledgeable citizen of the world |
| crimea | peninsula in ukraine jutting into the black sea |
| caucasus | mountainous region between southeastern europe and western asia |
| debacle | overwhelming defeat |
| monte carlo | gambling resort in monaco, a country on the mediterrean sea |
| ganges | river in northern inda and bangladesh |
| condone | to overlook an offense, excuse |
| scruples | feelings of doubt or guilt about a suggested action |
| lascars | east indian sailors employed on european ships |
| knouter | person who beats criminals with a knout, kind of leather whip |
| strike a tartar | get more than one bargained for. a violent unmanageable person |
| folies-bergere | famous nightclub in paris |
| solicitiously | in a concerned manner |
| opiate | anything that tents to soothe or calm someone |
| crepes suzette | thin pancakes folding in a hot orange flavored sauce served in flaming brandy |
| veuve clicquot | brand of fine champagne |
| deplorable | regrettable, very bad |
| au revoir | goodbye |
| rowels | small wheels with spurs that horseback riders wear on their heels |
| precariously | unsteadily, in an unstable manner |
| malacca | state in what is now the nation of malaysia in SE asia |
| dug himself in france | dug a hole for shelter from gunfire in WW1 |
| madame butterfly | famous italian opera by Giacomo puccini |
| marcus aurelius | emperor of rome - pain and pleasure |
| repast | meal |
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sloancaston