Pingry English 6 Pearlstein I Juan de Pareja CH1-4 Vocab
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the 36 words for I Juan de Pareja Chapters 1-4 for Mr. Pearstein at the pingry school
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Austere | adj severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance |
| Ample | adj enough or more than enough; plentiful |
| Qualms | n an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear; second thoughts |
| Tranquil | adj free from disturbance; calm |
| Dais | n a low platform for a lecturn, seats of honar, a throne |
| Taciturn | adj reserved or uncommunitive in speech; saying little |
| Malady | n a disease or ailment |
| Promenade | n a paved public walk |
| Impetuous | adj acting or done quickly without thought or care |
| Cultivate | v prepare or use land for crops or gardening |
| Capricious | adj given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior |
| Derelict | adj in very poor condition as a result of disease or neglect |
| Lithe | adj thin, supple and graceful and flexible |
| Adverse | adj preventing success and development; harmful; unfavorable |
| Reverence | n deep respect for someone or something |
| Pervasive | adj spreading wildly throughout an are or a group of people universal |
| Ominously | adj giving the impression thatsomething bad is going to happen |
| Evasive | adj vague, illusive, avoiding |
| Cryptic | adj adj having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure; hidden |
| Endearing | adj inspiring love or attraction |
| Taut | adj stretched or pulled tight; not slack |
| Reverie | n a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thought, a daydream |
| Prodigously | adj remarkablyor impressively great in extent or degree |
| Florid | adj having a red or flushed complexion |
| Corpulence | adj fatness |
| Accord | v to give or grant something to someone |
| Girth | n the measurement around the middle something |
| Puritanical | adj very moral |
| Intuitively | adj using or based on what one to be true even without conscious reasoning |
| Penury | n extreme poverty |
| Disdainful | adj showing contempt or lacking respect |
| Clout | n a heavy blow with the hand or a hard object |
| Jovial | adj cheerful and friendly robustly merry |
| Frivolous | adj not have any serious purpose or value; foolish |
| Intimate | adj familiar; close; closely acquainted |
| Sinewy | adj strong; tough; firm |
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