Little Women
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 impertinent | improperly forward or bold |
| libel | a false written statement that damages a person's reputation |
| chit | a pert young woman |
| aster | a fall flower shaped like a star |
| castanets | hand instruments clicked together to accompany music or dancing |
| pervade | to spread throughout |
| tranquility | a disposition free from stress or emotion |
| poker | fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle |
| borne | carried; supported |
| incantation | a chant |
| pious | devoted |
| trump | to replace with or do something better |
| impetuously | without thinking, quickly |
| buckwheat | grain ground into flour |
| Sancho | a slow/overweight/bumbling person |
| conduct | lead |
| enacted | to act |
| outlay | money paid out |
| pasteboard | stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper |
| spangles | small sparkling objects sewn on a garment for decoration |
| garret | attic |
| russets | reddish browns |
| capers | pranks |
| blithely | happily |
| petulantly | irritably |
| exert | put to use |
| drab | dull and without color |
| snood | a net or fabric for confining a woman's hair |
| maroon | a dark purplish red to dark brownish red |
| demeanor | behavior |
| moil | work hard |
| institution | the act of starting something for the first time |
| shroud | to cover |
| blight | to afflict; destroy |
| lavish | to spend/give |
| irascible | angry |
| peppery | a lot of spirit/spunk |
| perpetual | occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted |
| infirm | weak and feeble |
| vitals | a bodily organ that is essential for life |
| hod | an open box attached to a long pole handle |
| aristocratic | of noble birth; snobbish |
| specimen | a single thing that is taken as an example of a whole category |
| caricatures | a representation of a person where certain features of that person are exaggerated or distorted |
| ludicrous | broadly or extravagantly humorous |
| deportment | Behavior |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow |
| afflicted | received pain or suffering |
| skyrockets | shoot up abruptly, like a rocket |
| monitor | someone who supervises |
| invalid | someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury |
| suburb | a residential district located on the outskirts of a city |
| grove | garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth |
| betokening | indicating |
| sallied | rushed forth |
| listless | marked by low spirits |
| flourished | made bold or sweeping gestures; brandished |
| row | an angry dispute |
| pate | the top of the head |
| blancmange | sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch |
| interchange | put each in the place of the other |
| indolent | lazy |
| truant | someone who shirks duty |
| coddle | to treat tenderly |
| tableaux | paintings |
| revel | take delight in |
| voraciously | eagerly or with great enthusiasm |
| convulse | be overcome with laughter |
| anecdotes | stories |
| rapture | a state of elated bliss |
| lapse | pass by |
| consigned | entrusted; put in the care of; gave over |
| satirical | exposing human folly to ridicule |
| basely | dishonourably |
| apall | to horrify, shock,overcome with fear |
| withering | making light of |
| rankle | gnaw into |
| contraband | illegal traffic, smuggled goods; illegal, prohibited |
| ferrule | a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting |
| confiscate | take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority |
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