English: Elliott-Final-Hound of Baskervilles Vocabulay
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alanar96 on May 11, 2010
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kinkaid coolio kids, Kinkaid Class of 2015, Kinkaid 7th Grade English: Elliott
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45 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 benevolence | kindness |
| erroneous | wrong |
| incredulously | unbelievable |
| anon | quickly, suddenly |
| chemerical | improbable |
| roysterers | rioters |
| acrid | bitter |
| inclement | bad, rainy |
| vestry | a church used for bible study classes or meetings |
| cajoled | coaxed |
| malevolent | evil |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome |
| audacious | bold |
| besmirched | smeared |
| venerable | elderly, patriarchal |
| balustraded | with hand rails and posts |
| crenelated | notched battlements |
| mullioned | with stripes on the window pane |
| bittern | a heron-like bird |
| irresolution | indecision |
| wizened | shriveled |
| antiquarian | a person who studies the past |
| circumspectly | carefully |
| onerous | burdensome |
| clandestine | secretly |
| irresolute | indecisive |
| peremptory | controlling |
| distrait | distracted, upset |
| equivocal | doubtful |
| sodden | wet, soaked |
| almoner | the distributor of charity |
| formidable | awesome |
| ruddy | red |
| paroxysm | outburst |
| precipitous | sleep |
| tenacity | perseverance |
| connoisseur | an expert |
| precipice | a cliff |
| ruffianly | brutal |
| doddering | feeble, frail |
| inert | immovable |
| miasmatic | obnoxious, revolting |
| atrocious | horrible, evil |
| audacity | boldness |
| elucidate | to explain |
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