The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Vocabulary
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harryotterawesomeness on October 28, 2011
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Vocabulary words for Mrs. Driskill's 8th Grade Reading Book
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 denominated | to give a name to |
| prudently | marked by wisdom |
| implored | to call or pray for earnestly |
| adjacent | near or close to |
| inveterate | firmly established |
| propensity | a natural inclination or tendency |
| repose | to lie at rest |
| stripling | a grown boy |
| sequestered | to set off or apart |
| reverie | daydreaming or a daydream |
| gambols | to jump and skip about in play; frolic |
| apparition | anything that appears unexpectedly or strangely |
| purport | to profess or claim as its meaning |
| imbibed | to take into the mind and keep, as ideas |
| laud | to praise |
| incessant | continuing without stopping; constant |
| wight | human being |
| sojourn | a brief stay; visit |
| tarried | lingered |
| cognomen | any name, especially a nickname |
| inapplicable | not applicable; irrelevant |
| withe | a slender, flexible branch or twig |
| chastisement | to inflict punishment on |
| consolatory | the act or instance of consoling (to alleviate the grief, sense of loss, or trouble of) |
| convoy | accompany |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden |
| whilom | former |
| magnanimously | showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit |
| psalmody | the act, practice, or art of singing psalms (a sacred song or poem used in worship) |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| supernumerary | more numerous |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| erudition | extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe, especially on evidence |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| portentuous | relating to a portent (something forshadowing a coming event) |
| perambulations | to travel over or through, especially on foot |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention or affection of men |
| paternal | inherited from a father |
| piqued | prided |
| resplendent | characterized by a glowing splendor |
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