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The Landlady Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| lodgings | a place to stay temporarily, such as a rented room or boardinghouse |
| briskly | quickly and energetically |
| swanky | stylish, fancy, and expensive-looking |
| facades | the fronts of buildings; appearances that hide the truth |
| congenial | pleasant, friendly, and enjoyable |
| conjured | brought something to mind or caused an image or idea to appear |
| rapacious | greedy or excessively eager to obtain something |
| dithering | acting nervously or indecisively; struggling to make a decision |
| dotty | slightly crazy, eccentric, or behaving strangely |
| emanate | to come out from or spread from a source, such as a smell, sound, or feeling |