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Vocab 11/3 test
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tranquility | calmness |
| Pommel | the mound or knob on the saddle of a horse |
| Drowsy | Half-asleep |
| Spector | ghost |
| Pewter | a silver-colored alloy made by combining tin with other metals |
| Prosperous | wealthy |
| Indulgence | a luxury |
| Weathercock | a weather vane in the form of a rooster |
| score | twenty |
| Pitch Pipe | a small whistle like pipe that is used ti set tone level on tuning an instrument |
| tete-a tete | French expression meaning "head to head" |
| Mynheer | dutch for "Mister" |
| Legendary | of, described in, or represented by legends |
| Vicinity | the area near or surrounding a particular place |
| Murmur | a soft indistinct sound made by a person, or a group of people's speaking quietly or over distance |
| Behoove | A duty or responsibility |
| Whippoorwill | a bird that sings only at night, and is named after the sound it makes |
| Nestled | settled comfortably within or against something |
| Cossacks | people of southern Russia who gained fate as daring cavalrymen |
| Expanse | an area of something typically land or sea, presenting a wide continuous service |
| Linsey-woolsey | a sturdy fabric of wool and linen or cotton |
| By hook, or by Crook | by any way possible, whether fair or not |