The Human Comedy Vocab Ch. 1-39
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 rapture | an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight |
| gondola | an open railroad freight car w/ low sides |
| somnolence | a very sleepy state |
| residential | where people live |
| vineyard | a plantation of grapevines for wine making |
| telegraph | an apparatus for transmitting messages to another receiving apparatus |
| outfit | group, unit |
| solicitude | an attitude of excessive attentiveness or pity |
| implication | suggestion (unspoken) |
| accumulate | to gather, pile up, amass |
| vigor | energy, vitality |
| persevere | to persist in spite of difficulty |
| dynamic | forceful, energetic |
| contraption | a gadget, device |
| apt | likely (to be) |
| regulation | law of rule |
| hubris | pride (negative connotation) |
| presumptuous | bold, impertinent |
| patronizingly | condescendingly |
| marvel | to be filled w/ wonder admiration, or astonishment |
| vicissitudes | ups and downs |
| malicious | spiteful, cruel |
| deliberate | slowly w/ meaning |
| fanfare | braggart |
| subjugate | conquer |
| extemporaneous | without previous preparation |
| trivial | of very little importance or value |
| unruly | unmanageable, disobedient |
| righteous | morally right of justifiable |
| toady | to flatter, to try to get someone's favor |
| exertion | effort |
| bewildered | puzzled or confused |
| proprietor | owner (of a store) |
| pliancy | "business" (ability to bend) |
| render | to cause to be |
| contempt | scorn, the feeling w/ which a person regards anything considered worthless |
| liable | accountable, likely |
| isolation | the complete separaton from others |
| premeditate | to plan a head of time |
| improvise | to compose and perform a deliver without previous preparation |
| comrade | a friend |
| barracks | place where soldiers live |
| solemnity | seriousness |
| emphatic | with emphasis, with special stress or importance |
| explicate | to explain throughly, to ananlyze |
| dub | to name |
| paste | to punch or hit |
| aloft | up in the air |
| gingham | cotten fabric, ususally striped or checked |
| simpleton | person of low intelligence |
| duel | contest between two persons of parties |
| rite of passage | an important act or event that serves to mark a passage from one state of life to another |
| stentorian | very loud, powerful in sound |
| soliloquy | the act of talking while or as alone |
| accelerate | to speed up |
| parable | a story with a moral or lesson |
| scarcely | hardly, barely |
| idlers | people who pass time in a lazy or unproductive way |
| inhabitance | occupation, state of being somewhere |
| tidings | news |
| inference | the process of arriving at some conclusion that is probably based on what one knows |
| imperceptibly | very gradual, subtly, not much noticed or percieved |
| meek | humble |
| domesticated | tame |
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