Vocabulary+PQRS

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


 * Prosperous**- Conclusion- marked by success


 * reckon** Chapter 7- to regard or think
 * Revelment**- Chapter 1 noun, the act of reaviling


 * ruinous 26** ... causing or tending to cause ruin

//...with a regretful pathos in his voice...//
 * pathos** Ch. 13 ...an emotion of sympathetic pity


 * precipice Ch. 33....** a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.


 * pumped** Ch 1 ...some of us //pumped// on our heads

^grave risk, jeopardy or danger
 * peril** Ch 1 ...the peril was desperate


 * phrenologist** Ch22...one who knows the conformation of the human skull


 * pomp**(chap. 2)- a show of magnificence


 * roundabout** Ch 1a short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, esp. in the 19th century.
 * sagacity** Ch 1 acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.

(1) **:** elaborate or luxurious style of living (2) **:** formal dignity
 * state** Ch 1 ...they were her //state// pair


 * slathers** Chapter 7- a great amount


 * stove-lids** Ch 1 ...she could have seen better through a pair of...
 * Constituted** Ch 1 ...weeds that constituted the garded...

Spile (chap. 1)-spout inserted into a tree to get sap out

soliloquized (chapter 18) Sid soliloquized just audibly


 * stalactites** Ch. 31.... An icicle-shaped mineral deposit that hangs from the roof of caves and drips mineral rich water.

Sheer Ch 31 - free "Began to turn off into diverging avenues at sheer random"

Solemn Chapter 25 - marked by the invocation of a religious sanction

quenched ( chapter 35)- to put out or end something by dampening someones spirits

sumptuous Ch14- luxuriously fine or large, lavish, splendid

sinuous (chap 31)- having many bends or curves as in a sinuous pathway

Chapter 13- .... their piracies should not again be sullied with their crime of stealing. - To mar the purity or luster of


 * Subterranean- Chapter 31-** **underground**

Spade Chp 25 A digging tool adapted to being pushed by the foot.

Palpable Chp 25 Capable of being touched or felt

Sumach Chp 33 A type of bush

Rollicking Chp 29 to move or behave in a carefree joyous