"Paul's Case" & "To Build a Fire" Vocabulary
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caroline_knight on March 7, 2012
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 rancor | bitter; hatred |
| inquisition | official investigation |
| hauteur | haughty manner; arrogance |
| veritable | being truly |
| debauch | session of sensual indulgence |
| magnates | person of great influence |
| garish | crudely colorful or elaborate |
| bravado | pretentious display of courage |
| subterranean | existing below surface of earth; underground |
| indigent | lacking food, clothing, and necessities of life |
| slatternly | slovenly or untidy |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly |
| undulating | to move with a sinuous motion (waving) |
| pall | darkness |
| unwonted | not usual |
| shied | simple past tense/past participle of the word shy |
| smote | past tense of the word smite |
| flotsam | part of ship wreckage floating in the water |
| mincingly | affectedly dainty, nice or elegant |
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