"The Storm" Vocabulary
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profilestudent on September 26, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 gale | an extremely powerful wind |
| resoundingly | to echo |
| bestowing | to give; to place upon |
| admonitions | mild criticism or warning; advice; caution; gentle instruction |
| feverishly | marked by intense emotion, activity, or instability |
| dictatorial | absolute authority |
| constriction | the act of squeezing,compressing or contracting |
| morose | having a sullen or gloomy disposition (personality) |
| ominous | foreshadowing evil |
| impenetrable | unbreakable; not passable, not capable of being seen through or understood |
| sluicing | to wet abundantly; to control the passage of water |
| insufficient | not enough;deficient in force, quality or amount |
| oppressed | to weigh down |
| sentinel | a person who keeps watch |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| inexplicable | baffling;incomprehensible;not easily understood |
| indelibly | not to be delete; extremely clear |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting light; easily understood |
| dispel | banish; scatter |
| staunchly | stubbornly or strongly |
| incoherently | lacking clarity; without logical connection |
| dubiously | doubtful, uncertain |
| indulgently | lenient,favorable,easy going; to give in |
| bulwark | means of defense or safety |
| sinister | evil, unlucky |
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