The Mouse-Vocabulary
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Created by:
knox2much on August 9, 2012
Subjects:
Alazhar School Language Arts 7
Description:
Literature-Short Story
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 solicitude | the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern. |
| discomposure | the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation. |
| vicarage | the residence of a (vicar)-a representative of the church |
| lax | not strict or severe; careless or negligent: lax morals; a lax attitude toward discipline. |
| oblige(d) | to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity. |
| indispensable | absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff. |
| poignant | keenly distressing to the feelings; affecting or moving the emotions: a poignant scene. |
| furtive | sly; shifty: a furtive manner. |
| endeavor(ed) | to attempt; try |
| laudable | deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable |
| goaded | anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick; something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus. |
| audacious | extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless |
| hue | a gradation or variety of a color; tint |
| extricate | to free or release from entanglement; disengage: to extricate someone from a dangerous situation. |
| queried | a question; an inquiry. |
| installment(s) | a single portion of something furnished or issued by parts at successive times: a magazine serial in six installments. |
| abase(ment) | to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade. |
| myriad | of an indefinitely great number; innumerable |
| despairing | given to despair or hopelessness. |
| disheveled | untidy; disarranged: a disheveled appearance. |
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