Barn Burning by William Faulkner
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tabormypuppy on March 21, 2010
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 hermetic | Recluse, solitary |
| scud | mist, rain, snow, or spray driven by the wind |
| palpable | Easily perceptible, noticeable |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley |
| mesmerized | Hypnotized, spellbound |
| provost | The keeper of a prison |
| calico | Inexpensive cotton fabric with printed figures |
| sadistic | Describing one who delights in cruelty |
| latent | present and capable of becoming though not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| niggard | a meanly covetous and stingy person; miser |
| prodigality | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| implacable | not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended |
| lilliputian | Small, miniature |
| shoat | a young hog and especially one that has been weaned |
| suspiration | a long deep breath, sigh |
| bovine | having qualities (as placidity or dullness) characteristic of oxen or cows |
| rifeness | Abundance or numerousness |
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