Vocabulary+DEF

ABC | DEF | GHI | JKL | MNO | PQRS | TUV | WXYZ


 * [|derision]** Ch 1 ...held them [[|coppers]] out with //derision: Derision is the object of ridicule or scorm

Desolation Ch 26 ... Grief, sadness, or loneliness//

like if you dilute juice?
 * diluted**(Chap.3)- to make thinner, to diminish the strength, flavor, or brilliance


 * dominie** Ch21... a schoolmaster


 * ejaculation** Ch21... the uttering of brief, sudden exclamations.


 * festoon** Ch21... a decorative garland hanging between two points


 * forbearance** Ch22...the act of forbearing; patient endurance of offences.


 * fresco** Ch. 31 ... the art of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or limestone.

Dern Ch 25 Why, they're dern sight worse'n dead people. Meaning: Darn

Dander Ch 1 ...before i get my dander up...

dismal
 * forsaken** Ch13 ...forsaken, friendless boy


 * fortnight** chapter 31- two weeks


 * furtively** chapter 7- secretly done


 * fillip**(Chap.5)- stimulate


 * Flog chap 20** to beat


 * Diverging Ch31** - to move off in different directions "Began to turn off into diverging avenues at sheer random"

Marked by forceful and fluent expression,
 * Eloquent Chapter 25**


 * Ell..ch9-** a former English unit of length


 * Ensconced...ch9**- shelter

Festooning- .... and upon the varnished foliage and //festooning// vines. - A string or garland, as of leaves or flowers, suspended in a loop or curve between two points.


 * incongruous** Ch22...contrary

Embelllishement-Chapter 30-and ornament or decoration

Devilment 15- Devilish behavior or conduct.