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The Awakening Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tragedian | an actor especially noted for performing tragic roles |
| Acme | the highest point; summit; peak |
| Bouillon | a clear, usually seasoned broth made by straining water in which beef, chicken, etc, has been cooked, or by dissolving a commercially prepared bouillon cube or cubes in hot water |
| Desultory | random |
| Deprecatory | of the nature of or expressing disapproval, protest, or depreciation |
| Pirogue | a native boat, especially an American dugout |
| Incipiently | just starting to be or happen; beginning |
| Fortnight | 2 weeks |
| Complacency | a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc |
| Ennui | a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom |
| Atelier | an artist's studio or workshop |
| Anomaly | an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc |
| Scintillant | to be animated or brilliant |
| Prunella gaiter | type of boot |
| Perambulations | to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse; to traverse in order to examine or inspect |
| Filial | noting or having the relation of a child to a parent |
| Palpitate | to flutter or tremble |
| Drag | 4 wheel cart thingy |
| Mackintosh | a raincoat made of rubberized cloth |
| Caprice | a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather |
| Tabouret | a small, usually portable stand, cabinet, or chest of drawers, as for holding work supplies |
| Lorgnettes | a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle |
| Nom de Guerre | an assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc. ; pseudonym |
| Sally | a witty remark |
| Menage | household chores |
| Patois | mix of languages |
| Cicatrice | scar |
| Lugger | a type of boat |
| Camomile | a class of plants used in tea to help with sleep |
| Countenance | appearance; look or expression of the face |
| Anecdotes | short account of a particular incident or event |
| Evinced | to show clearly; make evident; prove |
| Peignoir | negligee or woman’s dressing gown |
| Tacit | implied; not opened expressed; unspoken |
| Lamenting | mourning, regretting Rockaway |
| Quadroon | person of black ancestry |
| Encumbrance | burden, hindrance, useless |
| Efface | to wipe out, erase, or obliterate; to withdraw |
| Iota | a very small quantity |
| Insidious | stealthily treacherous or deceitful; intended to entrap or beguile |
| Impervious | impenetrable; incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected Camaraderie |
| Vouchsafe | to grant or give as by favor or graciousness |
| Languorous | characterized by lack of energy or vitality; faintness; tenderness;listlessness |
| Befurbelowed | covered with ruffles |
| Sonorous | loud, deep, or resonant; rich and full in sound |
| Abysses | deep gulf or cavity; unfathomable in size |
| Sensuous | perceived by or affecting the senses Mantle |
| Creole | a person born in Louisiana but with French ancestry |
| Crash | type of plain fabric made of linen |
| Lateen | triangular type of sail |
| Effusive | pouring out, overflowing |
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