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Ch 1-5 Vocab
Reading vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apprenticed | verb - placed with expert to learn |
| beneficently | adverb - in a kindly manner |
| blundered | verb - move awkwardly |
| crucible | noun - used for melting metals |
| defying | verb - challenged |
| servile | adjective - slavish |
| steathily | adverb - secretly, unnoticed |
| surly | adjective - cross; rude; not friendly; mean |
| jocular | adjective - jolly; witty |
| extricate | verb - disentagle |
| depleted | verb - decreased considerably; used up |
| vindictive | adjective - spiteful |
| reproach | verb - blame |
| mollified | verb - pacified; calmed |
| contagion | noun - transmission; spreading |
| scribe | noun - professional copyist of written material; one who writes for another who is unable to write |
| scrupulously | adverb - carefully |
| wraithlike | adjective - ghostlike |
| exasperated | verb - angered |
| gawk | verb - glare |
| lurking | verb - prowling |
| raucous | adjective - disorderly |
| destitute | adjective - penniless |