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Baskervilles Vocab

Vocabulary words from Hound of the Baskervilles

QuestionAnswer
Abhor loathe
Approbation official approval
Audacious daring; bold
Austere stern, somber
Availed served; helped; was of use to
Balustrade a railing with supporting posts
Bemused bewildered or confused
Bourgeois middle class
Brusquely abruptly
Chimerical wildly fanciful; highly unrealistic
Circumspect prudent, cautious, and watchful
Clandestine done in secrecy for purpose of deception
Commutation substitution; exchange
Connoisseur a person of informed or discriminating taste
Corroborated supported with other evidence
Covet to wish, long, or crave for
Deluge a heavy downpour; a great flood of water
Endeavor to make an effort; to try to do something
Erroneous mistaken; containing error; incorrect; wrong
Executor person appointed to carry out a will
Fiend demon
Heir one who inherits
Implicit not stated but understood in what is expressed; implied
Incessant continuing without interruption
Incredulity a disinclination to believe
Indelibly impossible to rub out, wash out, or alter
Inert not moving or not able to move
Inexorably impossible to stop; unmoved by any attempts at persuasion
Injunctions command or order, esp. from one in a position of authority
Inquest an official investigation of the facts of a situation
Luminous brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening
Malignancy something likely to cause harm; full of hate for others
Moor a large uncultivated treeless stretch of land; wild countryside
Mullioned with divided panes ( as a window)
Presume to believe something to be correct although there is no proof
Prosaic commonplace or dull; matter
Pugnacious inclined to fight or aggressive
Scion descendant
Skein length of thread or yarn rolled into a loose ball
Solicitations insistent requests or pleas for something
Tenacity determination; stubbornness
Unmitigated absolute and unqualified
Vexation something that provokes irritability or anxiety
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