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vocab. quiz
vocabulary words and their meanings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| meticulously | carefully, perfectly |
| mar | ruin |
| admonish | scold |
| testily | angrily |
| pensively | thoughtfully |
| sharecropper | person who lives and farms on someone else's land |
| reconstruction | a time of rebuilding after the Civil War |
| emaciated | extremely thin |
| jauntly | happily |
| morosely | sadly |
| disdainfully | scornfully |
| milling | wondering around |
| dismal | gloomy |
| maverick | rebel |
| penchant | talent or like |
| undaunted | fearless |
| tarpulin | cover |
| temerity | bravery |
| traverse | travel or crossover |
| bale | bundle |
| sinewy | muscular lean |
| gait | step or a way of moving |
| formidable | impressive |
| gusto | enthusiam |
| ornate | decorated |
| chiffonier | wordrobe |
| lynched | hanged |
| resiliency | able to recover or bounce back |
| emitted | sent out or gave off |
| inaccesible | not easy to get or to reach |
| dejected | very sad,let down,angry |
| coddling | pampering,babying |
| sodden | soaked,wet,flooded |
| moronic | stupid,foolish |
| relent | stop |
| steathily | sneaking |
| gloat | brag,boast |
| earthy | crude,rough |
| haggard | tired,worn |
| precariously | dangerous |
| skittish | nervous |